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A haiku poet from the mid-Edo period. Kagami. His other names were Tokabo, Yabanshi, Kenryu, Shishian, and Renjibo. He was from Mino Province (Gifu Prefecture). He entered a Zen temple in his hometown as a child, but left the mountains at the age of 19 and traveled around. In 1690 (Genroku 3), at the age of 26, he became a disciple of Basho in Omi, and Basho was so beloved for his erudition and talent that he attended him in his later years. After his master's death, he made many pilgrimages from his hometown of Mino to Hokuetsu and Kyushu, contributing greatly to the spread of Sho-style haiku. However, in 1711 (Shotoku 1), he falsely claimed to have died and published his own "Record of the End of Life," which caused him to be misunderstood and resented by the public. The Shiko school is called the Mino school, but its style was based on simple conversation, and included simple, vulgar, and light-hearted arguments, which were well received by the masses. As a haiku theorist, he wrote many books on haiku, such as "Kuzu no Matsubara," "Zokugoron," "Twenty-Five Articles," and "Ten Treatises on Haiku," and well organized Sho-style haiku theory. His grave is in front of the Daichiji Temple in Yamagata, Gifu City.

[Minoru Horikiri]

The sound of a cow's yelling makes the sniffles rise up in the evening.

"Horikiri Minoru, 'Study of the Chronology of Shiko' (1969, Kasama Shoin)" ▽ "Horikiri Minoru, 'Study of the Sho-style Haiku Theory -- Focusing on Shiko' (1982, Meiji Shoin)"

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

江戸中期の俳人。各務(かがみ)氏。別号東華坊、野盤子(やばんし)、見竜、獅子庵(ししあん)、変名蓮二(れんじ)坊など。美濃(みの)国（岐阜県）の人。幼時、郷里の禅寺に入ったが、19歳で下山して遊歴、1690年（元禄3）26歳のとき近江(おうみ)で芭蕉(ばしょう)に入門、その博学多才を愛されて晩年の芭蕉に随侍した。師の没後は、地元美濃を本拠に北越や九州方面に至るまで広く行脚(あんぎゃ)を重ねて、蕉風俳諧(はいかい)の伝播(でんぱ)に貢献すること大であったが、1711年（正徳1）には死亡したと偽って自己の「終焉記(しゅうえんき)」を出すなど、世人の反感・誤解を買うことも多かった。支考一派は美濃風とよばれるが、作風は俗談平話を旨として平明卑俗、軽い談理をも含んで、大衆に迎えられるところであった。また俳論家としても、『葛(くず)の松原』『続(ぞく)五論』『二十五箇条』『俳諧十論』など多数の俳論書を著し、蕉風俳論をよく体系づけている。墓所は岐阜市山県(やまがた)の大智寺門前にある。

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　牛呵(しか)る声に鴫(しぎ)立つゆふべかな

『堀切實著『支考年譜考証』（1969・笠間書院）』▽『堀切實著『蕉風俳論の研究――支考を中心に』（1982・明治書院）』

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