Noguchi Neisai

Japanese: 野口寧斎 - のぐち・ねいさい

Year of death: May 12, 1905 (Meiji 38)
Year of birth: March 25, 1867 (April 29, 1867)
A Chinese poet of the Meiji period. His given name was Ichi, his pen name was Kankei, he was commonly known as Ichitaro, and his pen names were Neisai, Joutenjosen, Shorou, and Shoan. He was born in Isahaya, Hizen (Isahaya City, Nagasaki Prefecture). He was the eldest son of Noguchi Shoyo, who was a disciple of Kono Tetsuto and skilled in Chinese poetry and prose. In 1871 (Meiji 4), he moved to Tokyo accompanied by his father. He entered the Tetsugakukan (Political Science Museum) and studied poetry under Mori Shuntou and Kainan, father and son, and was known as a genius poet of the poetry company Seisha. He was active in a gorgeous style of poetry influenced by Qing poetry, and in 1903 he founded the magazine "Hyakkaran," which collected and introduced works by poets from all over the country. He was also well versed in waka and haiku, and was a talented man who dabbled in literary commentary, but from middle age onwards he suffered from serious illness. His works include "Demon Kosou," "Shounen Shiwa," "Santai Shi Hyosaku," and "Daitsu Yokou." <References> "Meiji Chinese Poetry and Prose Collection" (Meiji Literature Collection, Volume 62)

(Ibi High School)

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Japanese:

没年：明治38.5.12(1905)
生年：慶応3.3.25(1867.4.29)
明治時代の漢詩人。名は弌,字は貫卿,通称は一太郎,号は寧斎,謫天情仙,嘯楼,疏庵など。肥前諫早(長崎県諫早市)の生まれ。河野鉄兜門下で漢詩文をよくした野口松陽の長男。明治4(1871)年父に伴われて上京。哲学館に入り,傍ら森春濤・槐南父子に詩を学んで,詩社星社の鬼才と称された。清詩の影響を受けた華麗な詩風で活躍し,36年には雑誌『百花欄』を創刊,全国各地の詩人の作を収録紹介した。このほか,和歌や俳句にも通じ,文芸時評にも手を染める才人であったが,中年以後は悪疾に苦しめられた。著書に『出門小草』『少年詩話』『三体詩評釈』『大纛余光』など。<参考文献>『明治漢詩文集』(明治文学全集62巻)

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