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A poet of the mid-Edo period. His common surname was Nishiyama. He was also known by the pen names Suimuken and Taruiunken. He was born in Tamashima, Bitchu Province (present-day Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture), and ascended to Enryakuji Temple on Mount Hiei to study Tendai Buddhism. He later became a disciple of Mushanokoji Saneoka and studied waka poetry. He lived in Okazaki in the eastern part of Kyoto, and was known as one of the four great underground poets of the Kansei period (1789-1801). He was on friendly terms with Ozawa Roan and Ban Kokei. His family anthology includes the Taruiun Wakashu. As an underground poet, he composed poems in the style of a court noble. His works include "One Thousand Poems by Suigetsu Hoshi" and the book on waka poetry called "Waka Irinsho."

The remains of Wakanoura are gone, but the waves are no longer there.

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江戸中期の歌人。俗姓西山氏。酔夢軒、垂雲軒などと号する。備中(びっちゅう)国玉島（現岡山県倉敷市）に生まれ、比叡山(ひえいざん)延暦寺(えんりゃくじ)に登り天台学を学ぶ。のち武者小路実岳(むしゃのこうじさねおか)の門に入り和歌を学ぶ。洛東(らくとう)の岡崎に住み、寛政(かんせい)期（1789～1801）の京都地下(じげ)歌人四天王の1人と称され、小沢蘆庵(ろあん)や伴蒿蹊(ばんこうけい)などと親交があった。家集に『垂雲和歌集』がある。地下歌人として堂上風(どうしょうふう)の歌を詠んだ。『澄月法師千首』、また歌学書に『和歌為隣抄(いりんしょう)』がある。

　わかの浦の跡は昔にかよへども及ばぬ波に千鳥なくなり
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