Michizō Tachihara

Poet. Born in Tokyo on July 30, 1914. After graduating from the former First Higher School, he graduated from the Department of Architecture at Tokyo Imperial University in 1937 (Showa 12). He first published free-style tanka in the magazine Shika, which was presided over by Maeda Yugure, but was inspired by Miyoshi Tatsuji's quatrains and turned to poetry. He then studied under Hori Tatsuo and Muro Saisei, and while absorbing the poetic styles of Tsumura Nobuo, Maruyama Kaoru, Rilke, and the Shin Kokin Wakashu, he created his own unique sonnet-style poems, musically composed from delicate poetic words. In 1934, he stayed in Oiwake, Shinshu for the first time, and fell in love with the scenery there, which would later become the backdrop for many of his poems. He became a member of the "Shiki" group of Tatsuo Hori and others, and published works in "Cogito" and other publications, but died at the age of 24 on March 29, 1939, from tuberculous pleurisy. Kaoru Maruyama mourned him, saying, "His voice was full of pure esprit, lyricism, elegance, and newness; it felt like God had blown on the green of this bamboo for a moment and left the lingering sound in his ears forever." His poetry collections include "Forget-me-nots" and "Poems of Dawn and Evening" (1937), and after his death, Tatsuo Hori published "Gentle Songs" (1947). His complete works have been published four times. He was awarded the 1st Nakahara Chuya Prize.

[Takao Tobitaka]

"The Complete Works of Michizō Tachihara, 6 volumes (1971-73, Kadokawa Shoten)" ▽ "Study of Michizō Tachihara, edited by Shinichiro Nakamura (1971, Shichosha)" ▽ "Appreciation of Contemporary Japanese Literature 19: Tatsuji Miyoshi and Michizō Tachihara, edited by Yasuhiko Ando (1982, Kadokawa Shoten)"

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詩人。大正3年7月30日、東京生まれ。旧制一高を経て、1937年（昭和12）東京帝国大学建築科を卒業。初め前田夕暮主宰の『詩歌』に自由律短歌を発表したが、三好達治の四行詩に触発されて詩作に転じ、ついで堀辰雄(たつお)、室生犀星(むろうさいせい)に師事、津村信夫(のぶお)や丸山薫、リルケ、『新古今和歌集』などの詩風を摂取しながら、繊細な詩語を音楽的に構成した独自な十四行詩型（ソネット）を創出した。1934年、初めて信州追分に滞在、この地の風光を愛し、以後多くの詩の背景としている。堀辰雄らの『四季』の同人となり、『コギト』などにも作品を発表したが、昭和14年3月29日、結核性肋膜(ろくまく)炎のため24歳で夭折(ようせつ)した。丸山薫は「エスプリ清くして抒情(じょじょう)に典雅に新声あふれたるは、譬(たと)へば神がしばしこの竹の青きを吹いてその余韻を永(とこし)へに耳にのこし給うたかの感がある」と哀悼した。詩集に『萱草(わすれぐさ)に寄す』『暁と夕の詩』（1937）があり、没後、堀辰雄により『優しき歌』（1947）が刊行された。全集は四度刊行されている。第1回中原中也賞受賞。

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『『立原道造全集』全6巻（1971～73・角川書店）』▽『中村真一郎編『立原道造研究』（1971・思潮社）』▽『安藤靖彦編『鑑賞現代日本文学19　三好達治・立原道造』（1982・角川書店）』

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