Saimaro - Saimaro

A haiku poet of the early Edo period. Shiimoto. His real surname was Tani. He was from Uda, Yamato Province (Nara Prefecture). He was adopted by Sasaki Mondo, a chief retainer of the Uda Domain, but made a mistake and became a ronin. He first went by the name Noritake and was a member of the Saibu school. Later he joined the Saikaku school. He also took the names Nishimaru and Saimaru. Around 1677 (Enpo 5), he traveled east and came into contact with Chowa and Gonsui, and in 1679, around the time he published his haiku anthology Bando Taro, he formed a friendship with Basho's school. In the winter of 1689 (Genroku 2), he moved to Osaka. After traveling to Sanyo and Shikoku from 1692 to 1693, he became a central figure in the Osaka haiku world. He visited Edo several times after the end of the Genroku period (1688-1704), and made great contributions to connecting the haiku circles of Edo and Osaka.

[Takejiro Sakurai]

The white fish is shriveled and blue

"Genroku Famous Poems" edited by Kiyoshi Ogino (1954, Sogensha)

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江戸前期の俳人。椎本(しいもと)氏。本姓は谷。大和(やまと)国（奈良県）宇陀(うだ)の人。宇陀藩家老佐々木主水(もんど)の養子となったが落度があり浪人。初め則武と号し西武(さいむ)門。のち西鶴(さいかく)門。西丸、才丸と号す。1677年（延宝5）ごろ東下し、調和、言水(ごんすい)らと接触し、79年、俳諧撰集(はいかいせんしゅう)『坂東太郎(ばんどうたろう)』を出版のころから芭蕉(ばしょう)一派と親交を結ぶ。89年（元禄2）冬、大坂に移住。92～93年の山陽、四国筋の旅行を経て大坂俳壇の中心人物となる。元禄(げんろく)（1688～1704）末以後も数度江戸に下り、江戸・大坂の俳壇を結ぶうえでも大きな功績があった。

［櫻井武次郎］

　笹折(ささをり)て白魚のたえだえ青し

『荻野清編『元禄名家句集』（1954・創元社）』

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