Fusei Tomiyasu

Haiku poet. Born in Aichi Prefecture. Real name Kenji. Graduated from the law department of Tokyo Imperial University and joined the Ministry of Communications, retiring as vice minister in 1937 (Showa 12). While serving as director of the Fukuoka Exchange Savings Bureau in 1918 (Taisho 7), he composed haiku with Yoshioka Zenjido and others, and after returning to Tokyo, he studied under Takahama Kyoshi and established the Tokyo University Haiku Society. He became famous as the author of "Hototogisu" for his light and elegant style of composition. In 1928, he founded and presided over the publication of "Wakaba", and after retiring from the government, he devoted himself to haiku. For his work, he received the Japan Art Academy Prize in 1971 (Showa 46), and was recommended as a member of the Japan Art Academy in 1975. He was revered as a master of the haiku world along with Mizuhara Shuoushi, and as he grew older, he added more and more lustre to the world of haiku. Since "Kusa no Hana" (1933), he has written nearly 20 collections of haiku, including "Shorai" (1940), "Bansu" (1955), "Koki Harukaze" (1957), "Kiju Iono" (1965), and "Yowai Toshi" (1978), as well as many essays.

[Murayama Kokyo]

Weeping cherry blossoms bloom from the sky.

"Tomiyasu Fuseishu (1978, Haiku Poets Association)"

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俳人。愛知県生まれ。本名謙次。東京帝国大学法科を出て逓信省に入り、1937年（昭和12）次官をもって退官。18年（大正7）福岡為替(かわせ)貯金局長在任中、吉岡禅寺洞(ぜんじどう)らと句作し、東京に帰任後高浜虚子(きょし)に師事して、東大俳句会をおこし、軽快で典雅な作風により『ホトトギス』の作者として名をなした。28年『若葉』を創刊主宰し、退官後は俳句一途に精進し、その句業により71年（昭和46）芸術院賞受賞、75年には芸術院会員に推され、水原秋桜子(しゅうおうし)と並び俳壇の巨匠と仰がれて、老いとともに俳境とみにつややかさを加えた。句集には『草の花』（1933）以後、『松籟(しょうらい)』（1940）、『晩涼』（1955）、『古稀(こき)春風』（1957）、『喜寿以後』（1965）、『齢愛(よわいいと)し』（1978）他20冊に近く、随筆の著も多い。

［村山古郷］

　まさをなる空よりしだれざくらかな

『『富安風生集』（1978・俳人協会）』

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