Motomaro Senke

Poet. Born in Tokyo. His father, Takatomi, was the chief priest of Izumo Taisha Shrine and later the governor of Tokyo Prefecture. His mother was his father's concubine, Ogawa Yutaka, the daughter of a restaurant owner in Ryogoku. During middle school, he moved from school to school several times, submitting poems, tanka, and haiku under pen names such as Boro and Ginsenpo. He published the literary coterie magazine Terra Kotta with Fukushi Kojiro and Sato Sonosuke, praised Mushanokoji Saneatsu's Seken Nairu (I Am Unfamiliar with the World), and interacted with members of the Shirakaba coterie. In 1913 (Taisho 2), he married Akazawa Chiyoko despite his father's objections. He promoted Shirakaba's satellite magazine Ego. In 1918, he published his first collection of poems, Jibun wa Mita (I Saw It) (with binding by Kishida Ryusei). He combined an innocent heart, common manliness and optimism, and even in his poverty he never lost his admiration for humanity and nature, leading a thorough life as the "poet of paradise." His poetry collections include "Rainbow" (1919), "Old House" (1929), "Hail" (1931), and "Blue Sea Poetry Collection" (1936).

[Toshiro Akano]

"The Complete Works of Sen'ya Motomaro, 2 volumes (1964, 1965, Yayoi Shobo)" ▽ "The Poet Sen'ya Motomaro, by Kojito (1957, Yayoi Shobo)"

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詩人。東京の生まれ。父尊福(たかとみ)は出雲(いずも)大社の宮司、のち東京府知事。母は父の妾(めかけ)で両国の料亭の娘小川豊。中学時代学校を転々、暮郎(ぼろう)、銀箭峰(ぎんせんぽう)などの号を用いて詩や短歌や俳句を投稿。福士幸次郎、佐藤惣之助(そうのすけ)らと同人誌『テラコツタ』を出し、武者小路実篤(むしゃのこうじさねあつ)の『世間知らず』を称賛、『白樺(しらかば)』同人と交流した。1913年（大正2）父の反対を押し切り赤沢千代子と結婚。『白樺』の衛星誌『エゴ』を推進。18年、第一詩集『自分は見た』（岸田劉生(りゅうせい)の装丁）を刊行。無垢(むく)の心と庶民性と楽天性とが一致、貧困のなかでも人間と自然への賛美を失わず、「楽園の詩人」として徹底した生涯を送った。『虹(にじ)』（1919）、『昔の家』（1929）、『霰(あられ)』（1931）、『蒼海(そうかい)詩集』（1936）などの詩集がある。

［紅野敏郎］

『『千家元麿全集』全二巻（1964、65・弥生書房）』▽『耕治人著『詩人千家元麿』（1957・弥生書房）』

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