Koizumi Chikashi

Poet. Born into a farming family in Chiba Prefecture. His real name was Ikutaro. After working as a substitute teacher at an elementary school, he moved to Tokyo in 1908 (Meiji 41) and later worked for the Water Rescue Association. He studied under Ito Sachio and was a leading poet in the early days of Araragi, contributing to its advancement into the world of poetry. In 1924 (Taisho 13), he left the magazine and joined Nikko, and in 1926 formed the Aogaki Society, but died before the magazine's launch. His works were characterized by their supple melody and the way he sang about the everyday emotions of ordinary people, and many of his masterpieces were written in his later years while on his sickbed. In addition to his self-selected collection of poems, Kawa no Hotori (By the River) (1925), he also published Rooftop Earth (1928), Seigyu Shu (Blue Cow Collection) (1933), and a posthumous collection of writings, Zuien Shu (1930).

[Katsuo Motobayashi]

As the autumn sky deepens, I see the rusty ears of grass hanging from a jar.

"Ueda Sanshichi's "The Best Poems of Koizumi Chikashi" (1976, Tanka Shimbunsha)"

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歌人。千葉県の農家に生まれる。本名幾太郎(いくたろう)。小学校代用教員を経て、1908年（明治41）に上京、のち水難救済会に勤務。伊藤左千夫(さちお)に師事し、初期『アララギ』の有力歌人として活躍、その歌壇進出に寄与した。24年（大正13）同誌を離れて『日光』に参加、26年青垣(あおがき)会を結成したが、機関誌の創刊をみずに没した。しなやかな調べと庶民的な生活感情を歌った点に特色があり、晩年の病床吟に傑作が多い。自選歌集『川のほとり』（1925）のほか、『屋上の土』（1928）、『青牛(せいぎゅう)集』（1933）、遺文集『随縁(ずいえん)集』（1930）がある。

［本林勝夫］

　秋の空ふかみゆくらし瓶(かめ)にさす草稗(くさびえ)の穂のさびたる見れば

『上田三四二著『古泉千樫の秀歌』（1976・短歌新聞社）』

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