Inoue Kenkabo

Senryu (Japanese senryu) writer. His real name was Koichi. His other names were Akiken and Shibano Ryusen. He was born in Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture. In 1903 (Meiji 36), he joined the newspaper Nihon, where he was in charge of the senryu column and helped to spark the popularity of topical senryu, but was criticized by Sakai Kuraki. Two years later, he organized the Ryusonji Senryu Club and published the journal Senryu (later renamed Taisho Senryu and then Senryujin), promoting the innovation of senryu and contributing to the establishment of senryu as a form of literature. He passed away on September 11, 1934. He is buried at Kenchoji Temple in Kamakura.

[Hideyuki Iwata]

Whether laughing or crying, the face is the same

"Yamamoto Shinjiro (ed.) Complete Collection of Senryu 7: Inoue Kenkabo" (1980, Kozosha Publishing)

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川柳(せんりゅう)作家。本名幸一。別号秋剣、柴野龍泉(しばのりゅうせん)。山口県萩(はぎ)に生まれる。1903年（明治36）新聞『日本』に入社、川柳欄を担当、時事川柳大流行の契機をつくったが、阪井久良岐(くらき)の批判を受けた。翌々年、柳樽寺(りゅうそんじ)川柳会を組織、機関誌『川柳』（のち『大正川柳』、さらに『川柳人』と改題）を発刊して、川柳革新を推進し文学としての川柳確立に貢献。昭和9年9月11日没。鎌倉建長寺に葬られる。

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『山本宍道郎編『川柳全集7　井上剣花坊』（1980・構造社出版）』

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