Kyoriku - Kyoriku

A haiku poet from the mid-Edo period. Morikawa. His real name was Momonaka, commonly known as Gosuke, and his other names were Gorousei and Kikuabutsu. He was a vassal of Ii Naozumi of the Hikone Domain in Omi, and was a man of many talents, specializing in the Hozoin school of spearmanship, and also familiar with Kano school painting and Chinese poetry. He first studied haiku at the Teimon and Danrin schools, but after reading works such as "Fuyu no Hi" and "Sarumino," he became attracted to the tranquil beauty of Basho's style, and in 1692 (Genroku 5), when he left for Edo, he finally had the opportunity to interview Basho and become his pupil. Koroku, who considered himself the master of the new style of Basho in his later years, called himself a "disciple of the correct lineage" and advocated the theory of lineage. He also emphasized the theory of combination as a method of composing haiku. He showed a keen intuition in investigating the ideals of the Basho school, and formed a school of the Hikone school. In particular, his books on haiku such as "Hentsuke", "Uda no Houshi", "Haikai Mondo" and "Rekidai Kokkeiden", which he wrote one after another during the turbulent period of the Basho school after his teacher's death, are highly regarded. In addition, his compilation of "Honcho Monzen", a collection of writings by Basho and other Basho disciples, is also worth mentioning in the history of haiku.

[Minoru Horikiri]

The autumn wind makes even ten dumplings small.

"Morikawa Kyoroku" by Ogata Toru (included in "Haiku Lecture 3", 1959, Meiji Shoin)

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

江戸中期の俳人。森川氏。本名百仲(ももなか)、通称五介(ごすけ)、別号五老井(ごろうせい)・菊阿仏(きくあぶつ)。近江(おうみ)彦根藩井伊直澄(いいなおずみ)の家臣で、宝蔵院流の槍(やり)を得意とし、狩野(かのう)派の絵画や漢詩にも通じるなど、多芸の人であった。俳諧(はいかい)は初め貞門、談林に学んだが、『冬の日』『猿蓑(さるみの)』などをみて蕉風(しょうふう)の閑寂美にひかれるようになり、1692年（元禄5）江戸出府のおり、ついに面接の機を得て芭蕉(ばしょう)に入門した。芭蕉晩年の新風の体得者を自任した許六は、自ら「正風血脈(けちみゃく)の門人」と称して血脈説を唱え、また句作の方法として取合(とりあわ)せ論を力説するなど、蕉風理念の究明に鋭い直観力を示して、彦根風の一派を形成したが、とくに師の没後の蕉風混迷期に次々に著した『篇突(へんつき)』『宇陀法師(うだのほうし)』『俳諧問答』『歴代滑稽(こっけい)伝』などの俳論書は評価が高い。なお、芭蕉をはじめ蕉門俳人の文章を集めて『本朝文選(もんぜん)』を編纂(へんさん)したことも俳文史上特筆されねばならない。

［堀切　實］

　十団子(とをだご)も小粒になりぬ秋の風

『尾形仂著「森川許六」（『俳句講座3』所収・1959・明治書院）』

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