Ryuhoku Narushima

A Chinese poet, essayist, and journalist. His real name was Korehiro. He was also known by other names such as Kayu Senshi. He was born in Asakusa, Edo, as the son of a line of Confucian scholars. He succeeded the family headship and served as a tutor to the Shogun Tokugawa Iemochi, and at the end of the Edo period, he held positions such as Chief Cavalry Officer, Foreign Magistrate, and Vice President of Accounting. After Yoshinobu retired, he retired to Mukojima in 1869 (Meiji 2), did not serve the new government, and called himself a "useless person." He wrote the Sanyo region travelogue "Koubi Nikki" (1869), a European travelogue "Kosei Nichijo" (1872-1873), and the Chinese essay "Ryūkyō Shinshi" (1874), in which he freely mocked the new era's customs. After 1874, he became president of the "Choya Shinbun" newspaper and was known for his "eccentric writing." In 1877, he founded the "Kagetsu Shinshi" and published the aforementioned travelogue as well as the "Oto Shinshi" (Kyōbyō Ippan).

[Yasushi Oka]

"Complete Collection of Meiji Literature 4: The Works of Narushima Ryuhoku, Hattori Fumatsu, and Kurimoto Soun" (1969, Chikuma Shobo) ▽ "Narushima Ryuhoku by Maeda Ai" (1976, Asahi Shimbun)

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漢詩人、随筆家、新聞人。本名惟弘(これひろ)。別号何有仙史(かゆうせんし)など。父祖代々の奥儒者の子として、江戸浅草に生まれた。家督を継ぎ、将軍徳川家茂(とくがわいえもち)の侍講などを経て、幕末、騎兵頭(きへいがしら)、外国奉行(がいこくぶぎょう)、会計副総裁など歴任。慶喜(よしのぶ)退隠後、1869年（明治2）隠居して向島(むこうじま)に閑居、新政府には仕えず、自ら「無用の人」と称した。山陽地方への紀行『航薇日記(こうびにっき)』（1869）、ヨーロッパ旅行記『航西日乗(こうせいにちじょう)』（1872～1873）などのほか漢文随筆の『柳橋新誌(りゅうきょうしんし)』（1874年刊）を書き、新時代風俗への嘲罵(ちょうば)をほしいままにした。1874年以後『朝野新聞(ちょうやしんぶん)』社長となり「奇文」の文名が高かったが、1877年『花月新誌(かげつしんし)』を創刊主宰、前記紀行のほか『鴨東新誌(おうとうしんし)（京貓一斑(きょうびょういっぱん)）』を掲げた。

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『『明治文学全集4　成島柳北・服部撫松・栗本鋤雲集』（1969・筑摩書房）』▽『前田愛著『成島柳北』（1976・朝日新聞社）』

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