Takashi Takii - Takashi Takii

Novelist and haiku poet. Born on April 4, 1894, in Takayama, Hida, as the son of a joiner, he initially worked as a clerk at a fish wholesaler. He met Kawahigashi Hekigoto during his nationwide pilgrimage, and after a period in Osaka, he moved to Tokyo. He became involved with new-tendency haiku magazines such as Soun and Kaiko. He became a literary reporter for the Jiji Shimpo, where he got to know Akutagawa Ryunosuke. He then became a reporter for Kaizo, where he got to know Shiga Naoya, and they would spend the rest of their lives together as a respected senior in both literature and life. He moved to Abiko, Chiba, where Shiga lived, and then to Kyoto and Nara. His novel "Infinite Embrace" (1927), which was serialized intermittently with different titles, is famous as a stoic and pure love story centered on his love affair with his first wife, Enomoto Rin, whom he met in a brothel, and her death. He remarried Shinozaki Rin, with the help of the Shiga couple. The story is frankly described in "Until Marriage" (1940). He also wrote a series of "father-themed" works, including "Father." In 1930 (Showa 5), ​​he moved to his wife's hometown of Hachioji, where he lived for the rest of his life. After World War II, he advocated for landscape novels, published "Noshu" (1968, winner of the Yomiuri Literature Prize), and served as a selection committee member for the Akutagawa Prize for many years. He enjoyed fishing and Noh, and showed a unique talent for calligraphy. He also wrote many essays, including "Shiga-san no Seikatsu nado" (1974), which included the selection commentary for the Akutagawa Prize. He published a long novel under different titles between 1969 and 1973, and compiled it as Haikujin Nakama (Haiku Friends) (1973), which won the Japan Literature Grand Prize. In particular, the chapter "My First Woman" is a masterpiece that depicts the innocent interaction with an older geisha in Hida. The distinctive feature of Takii's literature is that he portrays these three women, their families, and their surroundings "as they are" and "as they are" in strong prose like "hand-woven cotton." He went by the pen name Orishiba, and his haiku from Orishiba Kushu (1931) to Yamazakura (1975), which he wrote himself, have both the strength and elegance of Akutagawa's "Shurado" (the way of the asura). He was appointed a member of the Japan Art Academy in 1959, and a Person of Cultural Merit in 1974. He passed away on November 21, 1984.

[Toshiro Akano]

"The Complete Works of Takasaku Takii, Volume 11 and Supplementary Volume 1 (1978-79, Chuokoron-Shinsha)"

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小説家、俳人。明治27年4月4日飛騨(ひだ)高山の指物師の子として生まれ、初め魚問屋の店員として働く。全国行脚(あんぎゃ)中の河東碧梧桐(かわひがしへきごとう)に会い、大阪時代を経て上京。『層雲』『海紅』など新傾向俳句雑誌に関係する。『時事新報』文芸記者となり芥川龍之介(あくたがわりゅうのすけ)を知る。ついで『改造』記者となり志賀直哉(なおや)を知り、文学・人生にわたり敬愛する先輩として生涯交わる。志賀の住む千葉県我孫子(あびこ)、京都、奈良に移り住む。遊廓(ゆうかく)で出会った最初の妻の榎本(えのもと)りんとの恋愛とその死を中軸に据え、題を変えつつ断続連載した長編小説『無限抱擁』（1927）はストイックで純粋な恋愛小説として有名。志賀夫妻の媒酌で篠崎(しのざき)リンと再婚。この経緯を率直に描いた小説集が『結婚まで』（1940）である。『父』ほか「父親もの」の一連の系統の作品も書く。1930年（昭和5）より妻の故郷八王子に移り生涯住み着く。第二次世界大戦後は風景小説を主張、『野趣』（1968。読売文学賞受賞）を刊行、また久しきにわたって芥川賞選考委員を務めた。魚釣り、能を楽しみ、書についても独特の妙味を発揮。芥川賞の選評も入れた『志賀さんの生活など』（1974）ほかエッセイも多い。1969年（昭和44）から73年にかけて異なった題で断続発表し『俳人仲間』（1973）としてまとめた長編は日本文学大賞を受賞。とくに「初めての女」の章は、飛騨における年上の芸者との交渉を初々しく描いた秀作。滝井文学の特質は、これら3人の女性と家族や身辺を「手織木綿(もめん)」のような勁(つよ)い文章で「生(き)のまま」「素(す)のまま」に描いたところにある。折柴(せっさい)と号し、『折柴句集』（1931）から自句自注の『山桜』（1975）までの俳句には、芥川の語った「修羅(しゅら)道」のような勁さと艶(つや)の両方をもつ。1959年芸術院会員、74年文化功労者に推された。昭和59年11月21日没。

［紅野敏郎］

『『滝井孝作全集』11巻・別巻1（1978～79・中央公論社）』

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