Saito Sanki - Saito Sanki

Haiku poet. Born May 15, 1900 in Tsuyama, Okayama Prefecture. His real name was Takanao. He graduated from the Japan Dental College. While working as the head of the dental department at Tokyo Kyoritsu Hospital, he discovered the literary magazine "Koumatou" and submitted his haiku to Hino Sojo's column, becoming a rising star in the emerging haiku movement. In January 1935 (Showa 10), he joined the literary magazine "Shikan", and in the same year he joined the literary magazine "Tobira" and joined "Kyoto University Haiku". He carved out his own unique realm of haiku with poems such as "The cold sea is like a water pillow" and "The boy of arithmetic secretly cried in the summer". In 1940, he joined the emerging haiku general magazine "Tenka", but was implicated in a case of haiku suppression and arrested. After World War II, in 1947 (Showa 22), he participated in the founding of the Modern Haiku Association. He also supported Yamaguchi Seishi and launched the magazine "Tenro" (1948), becoming its editor-in-chief. At the same time, he also presided over the separate magazines "Raikou" and "Gekiranami". In 1977, he founded "Dangai". In 1982, he became editor-in-chief of the general magazine "Haiku". In 1986, he participated in the founding of the Haiku Poets Association. He died of cancer on April 1, 1962. His haiku collections include "Flag" (1940), "Peaches in the Night" (1948), "Today" (1951), and "Transformation" (1962. Posthumously, he was awarded the 2nd Haiku Poets Association Award). Postwar haiku include "Middle age, the peach of the night seen from afar" and "The red fire laughed loudly, but today it is black".

[Kenkichi Kusumoto]

"'Saito Miki Complete Poetry Collection' (1983, Okuseisha)"

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俳人。明治33年5月15日、岡山県津山市に生まれる。本名敬直。日本歯科医科専門学校卒業。東京共立病院歯科部長在職中、同人誌『走馬燈』を知り、日野草城欄に投句、新興俳句運動の新鋭として台頭する。1935年（昭和10）1月『旗艦』に参加、この年同人誌『扉』に参画、『京大俳句』に加盟。「水枕(みずまくら)ガバリと寒い海がある」「算術の少年しのび泣けり夏」など独自の句境を切り開いた。40年新興俳句総合誌『天香』に加わり、俳句弾圧事件に連座、検挙される。第二次世界大戦後、47年（昭和22）現代俳句協会創立に参与。あわせて山口誓子(せいし)を擁し『天狼(てんろう)』発刊（1948）、編集長となる。同時期に別途、『雷光』『激浪』を主宰。52年『断崖(だんがい)』を創刊主宰。57年総合誌『俳句』編集長。61年俳人協会の設立に参加。昭和37年4月1日、癌(がん)により没す。句集に『旗』（1940）、『夜の桃』（1948）、『今日』（1951）、『変身』（1962。没後、第2回俳人協会賞受賞）がある。戦後の句「中年や遠くみのれる夜の桃」「赤き火の哄笑(こうしょう)せしが今日黒し」など。

［楠本憲吉］

『『西東三鬼全句集』（1983・沖積舎）』

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