Chora - Chora

A haiku poet from the mid-Edo period. His real name was Miura Motokatsu, he was commonly known as Kanbei, and his other pseudonyms included Muian. He was born in Toba, Shima Province (Mie Prefecture). He studied haiku under Hyakuyu in Nagashima, Kishu (present-day Kihoku Town, Mie Prefecture), and at the age of 34, he founded Muian in Iseyamada and compiled the haiku anthology "Wagaio." After that, he traveled around Kii, Edo, Hokuetsu, Kyoto, and other places, and had frequent contact with Buson, Seira, Kyotai, and Ranko, and showed brilliant activity. He was a man who transcended utilitarianism, regardless of worldly affairs, and it seems that his calm and free-spirited personality sometimes drew public animosity. His style of writing reflects his personality, being simple but rich in rhyme, and he also had a mastery of the pathos of waka poetry. His edited works include "White-headed Crow," "Moonlit Night," and "Choyo Hokkushu." He died in Ise, and his grave is at Jugan-in Temple in Yamada.

[Minoru Horikiri]

The color of the edge of the pool where the fan is thrown is so pleasant

"Miura Choryo" by Kiyoshi Shimai (included in "Haiku Lecture 3", 1959, Meiji Shoin)

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江戸中期の俳人。本名三浦元克(もとかつ)、通称勘兵衛、別号に無為庵(むいあん)など。志摩国（三重県）鳥羽(とば)の生まれ。俳諧(はいかい)は紀州長島（現三重県紀北町）の百雄(ひゃくゆう)に学び、34歳のときには伊勢山田(いせやまだ)に無為庵を結んで俳諧撰集(はいかいせんしゅう)『我庵(わがいお)』を編んだ。その後、紀伊、江戸、北越、京都など各地を転々としつつ、蕪村(ぶそん)、青蘿(せいら)、暁台(きょうたい)、闌更(らんこう)らと風交を重ね、華々しい活動をみせた。世事にかかわらず、功利に超越した人物で、その恬淡(てんたん)・奔放な性格が世人の反感を買うところもあったらしい。作風はその人柄を反映して、平明だが詩韻に富み、また和歌的な「あはれ」を体得している。編著に『白頭鴉(しらががらす)』『月の夜』、また『樗良発句集』などがある。伊勢に没し、墓は山田の寿巌院にある。

［堀切　實］

　心地よや扇投げこむ淵(ふち)の色

『島居清著「三浦樗良」（『俳句講座3』所収・1959・明治書院）』

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