Kono Tetsuto - Kono Tetsuto

Japanese: 河野鉄兜 - こうの・てっとう

Year of death: 6th February 1867 (11th March 1867)
Year of birth: 1825
A Chinese poet of the late Edo period. His given name was Kuma, Ikumi, his pen name was Yumeyoshi, he was commonly known as Shunzo, Ayao, and his pen names were Tetsukabuto and Hideno. He was the third son of Kono Michihito, a doctor from Aboshi in Harima Province (Hyogo Prefecture). He first studied under Yoshida Kakusen in Marugame, Sanuki, and at the age of 20, he studied poetry under Yanagawa Seigan in Kyoto. He later traveled to Edo to broaden his horizons, and in 1852, at the age of 28, he entered the service of the Hayashida Domain (Hayashida-cho, Himeji City) and became a professor at the domain school, Chidokan, where he preached to the domain lord, Takebe, on the principle of revering the Emperor and expelling the barbarians. He preferred simple and light poetry, and held Bai Juyi in high regard. He was also an energetic writer, as he himself said, "My books exceed my own size, and my poems number no less than ten thousand." His poetry collections include "Tetsukabuto Ikou" (Imperial Drafts). <References> Matsushita Tadashi, "Poetry Style and Poetry Theory of the Edo Period"

(Ibi High School)

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Japanese:

没年：慶応3.2.6(1867.3.11)
生年：文政8(1825)
江戸後期の漢詩人。名は羆,維羆,字は夢吉,通称は俊蔵,絢夫,号は鉄兜,秀野。播磨国(兵庫県)網干の医者河野通仁の第3子。初め讃岐丸亀の吉田鶴仙に従学し,20歳のころ京都で梁川星巌に詩を学んだ。のち江戸に遊んで見聞を広め,嘉永5(1852)年28歳で林田藩(姫路市林田町)に仕官して藩校致道館の教授になり,藩主建部氏に尊王攘夷を説いた。詩は平淡を好んで白居易を高く評価した。「吾が著書等身を過ぎ,詩もまた万首を下らず」と自ら述べたように,精力的な作家でもあった。詩集に『鉄兜遺稿』など。<参考文献>松下忠『江戸時代の詩風詩論』

(揖斐高)

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