Indifferent - Indifferent

Japanese: 淡々 - たんたん

1674-1761 (Enpo 2-Horeki 11)
A haiku poet from the mid-Edo period. His real surname was Magabuchi. He usually went by the surname Matsuki. He was from Osaka. His first pen name was Inkaku. In the winter of 1700 (Genroku 13), he moved to Edo, changed his pen name to Ihoku, and followed Fukaku and Kikaku. He claims to have met Basho in Edo and received the pen name of Rokoku, but this should not be believed. In 1704 (Hoei 1), he made a pilgrimage to Oshu in the footsteps of Basho, and compiled Adatarane. After Kikaku's death in 1707, he quietly changed his pen name, and moved to Kyoto the following autumn. At first, he had almost no haiku activities in Kyoto, and only enjoyed exchanging haiku with old friends when he went to Edo. However, after compiling "Juyukan" and "Rokugei" in 1715 (the 5th year of the Shōtoku era), he began to become actively involved in the Kyoto haiku world, and in 1716 (the 1st year of the Kyoho era), he established Hanjian on the slopes of Mount Juho, and published "Nihakunafuri" the following year.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1674‐1761(延宝2‐宝暦11)
江戸中期の俳人。本姓は曲淵。ふだんは松木姓を名のる。大坂の人。初号は因角。1700年(元禄13)冬江戸に移り，渭北と改号，不角と其角に従った。彼自身は，江戸で芭蕉にまみえ，呂国の号を得たと述べるが，信じるべきでない。04年(宝永1)に芭蕉のあとを慕って奥州に行脚し，《安達太郎根（あだたらね）》を編んだ。07年，其角没後淡々と改号，翌年秋に京に移住した。当初，京での俳諧活動はほとんどなく，江戸に出た機会に旧友と俳交を楽しむ程度であったが，15年(正徳5)《十友館》《六芸》を編んだころから京俳壇を地盤として熱心に活動を開始，16年(享保1)に鷲峰山の中腹に半時庵を結び，翌年《にはくなふり》を世に問うた。

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