Shouha

Japanese: 召波 - しょうは

1727‐71 (Kyoho 12‐Meiwa 8)
A haiku poet of the mid-Edo period. His surname was Kuroyanagi, and he was commonly known as Seibei. His other names included Gentei and Shundeisha. He was from Kyoto. He first went to Edo to study Chinese poetry under Hattori Nankaku, where he met fellow student Buson and became interested in haiku. He later returned to Kyoto to study Chinese poetry and prose under Ryuso-ro, and became known to the world as the Chinese poet Ryuko. At the time, he was familiar with haiku as a hobby, but when Buson formed the Sankasha in 1766 (Meiwa 3), he joined, and there he became passionate about haiku and distinguished himself. He admired the writing styles of Kyorai, Ransetsu, Kikaku, and Sodo, rejected the vulgar styles of Shiko and Bakurin (Otsuyu), and was fascinated by Buson, and was happy to live a life apart from the secular world.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1727‐71(享保12‐明和8)
江戸中期の俳人。姓は黒柳，通称は清兵衛。別号は玄亭，春泥舎など。京都の人。はじめ江戸に出て服部南郭に漢詩を学び，そこで同門の蕪村と知り合い，俳諧に興味をもった。のち京都に帰り，竜草廬に漢詩文を学び，漢詩人柳宏として世に知られた。そのころ俳諧は余技として親しんでいたようだが，1766年(明和3)に蕪村が三菓社を結成したときそれに参加して，以後俳諧に熱中するようになり，めきめき頭角をあらわした。去来，嵐雪，其角，素堂らの作風を慕い，支考，麦林(乙由)らの俗調を排して蕪村に心酔し，離俗の生活を喜んだ。

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