Kurita Tomitsu - Kurita Hijimaro

Japanese: 栗田土満 - くりた・ひじまろ

Year of death: 8th July 1811 (26th August 1811)
Year of birth: 1737
A Japanese classicist and poet of the mid-Edo period. Commonly known as Tamibu, his pen name was Okanoya. Born to a priest's family in Hirao Village, Shirokai County, Totomi Province (Kikugawa Town, Ogasa County, Shizuoka Prefecture). In 1767 he moved to Edo and became a pupil of Kamo no Mabuchi, and after Mabuchi's death he became a pupil of Motoori Norinaga, where he mastered traditional Japanese classics. His honest nature led him to focus on steady learning, and although not flashy, he produced many highly reliable research and miscellaneous notes. He also developed a penchant for waka poetry in the style of the Manyoshu under the influence of Mabuchi. His handwritten "Kurita Doman Eiso" is a valuable collection of his works from his later years. <References> Nakamura Yukihiko, "Collected Writings of Nakamura Yukihiko", Vol. 12

(Keichi Kubota)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

没年：文化8.7.8(1811.8.26)
生年：元文2(1737)
江戸中期の国学者,歌人。通称民部。号岡の屋。遠江国城飼郡平尾村(静岡県小笠郡菊川町)の神官の家に生まれる。明和4(1767)年に江戸に出て賀茂真淵に入門,真淵の没後は本居宣長に入門して,正統の国学を修めた。その実直な性格から地道な学問に身を入れ,派手さはないが信頼度の高い考証や雑記を多くものした。また真淵の影響から万葉調の和歌をよくした。自筆の『栗田土満詠草』は晩年の作を集成したもので貴重。<参考文献>中村幸彦『中村幸彦著述集』12巻

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