Taigi

A haiku poet from the mid-Edo period. His name was Tan. His first pen name was Suigo. His other pen names were Fuyaan, Miyashodo, Santei, etc. He was from Edo and is said to have first learned haiku under Suiguni and then Keikiitsu. At the beginning of the Horeki era (1751-1764), when he was in his 40s, he went to Kyoto and eventually converted to Buddhism, taking the Buddhist name Dogen and entering Shinjuan at Daitokuji Temple in Murasakino. Soon after, with the support of Donshi, the owner of the brothel Kikyoya, he established Fuyaan in the Shimabara pleasure quarters and lived there. He became closely acquainted with Buson in 1766 (Meiwa 3), and the six years thereafter were an important period for him as he was actively involved in haiku poetry, producing many excellent renditions. He had a selfless and calm personality, and was gentle and elegant. His haiku style was one that excelled in personal matters, and while it was interesting for its technical ingenuity, it also suffered from a lack of depth due to its excessive logic. He compiled and wrote the "Onitsura Kusen" (1769), and his own works are collected in the "Taigi Kusen" (1770) and "Taigi Kusen Gohen" (1777). He died on August 9, 8th year of the Meiwa era. His grave is at Korin-ji Temple, Aya-koji Omiya Nishiiru, Kyoto City.

[Katsuo Matsuo]

As I walked, I saw the towers of the capital and the autumn sky.

"Ikegami Yoshio's 'Sumi Tatsuki' (included in 'Haiku Lecture 3: Haiku Poets Biographies, Vol. 2', 1959, Meiji Shoin)"

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江戸中期の俳人。炭(たん)氏。初号水語(すいご)。別号不夜庵(ふやあん)、宮商洞、三亭など。江戸の人で、俳諧(はいかい)を初め水国、のち慶紀逸(けいきいつ)に学んだという。40歳を過ぎた宝暦(ほうれき)年間（1751～64）の初めに上洛(じょうらく)、やがて仏門に帰依(きえ)して法号を道源と名のり、紫野大徳寺真珠庵(あん)に入った。ほどなく、妓楼(ぎろう)桔梗屋(ききょうや)主人呑獅(どんし)の援助により島原遊廓(ゆうかく)内に不夜庵を結び住んだ。蕪村(ぶそん)と親密な風交を重ねた1766年（明和3）以降の6年間は意欲的に俳諧にかかわり、多くの佳吟を残す重要な時期となった。その人柄は無欲恬淡(てんたん)、温雅洒脱(しゃだつ)であった。俳風は人事趣味を得意とし、技巧的な趣向のおもしろさをもつものの、理詰めで深みに欠ける難もある。編著に『鬼貫(おにつら)句選』（1769）があり、作品は『太祇句選』（1770）、『太祇句選後篇(へん)』（1777）に収められている。明和(めいわ)8年8月9日没。墓所は京都市綾(あや)小路大宮西入ル光林寺。

［松尾勝郎］

　行く程に都の塔や秋の空

『池上義雄著『炭太祇』（『俳句講座3　俳人評伝　下』所収・1959・明治書院）』

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