Hinatsu Kounosuke

Poet and English literature scholar. Born on February 22, 1890, in Iida-cho, Shimoina-gun, Nagano Prefecture. His real name was Higuchi Kunito (Kunito was his favorite font, and his family register read Kunito). He had over twenty pen names, including Kakomin, Daomin, and Chosetsuro-shujin. He graduated from the English department of Waseda University. In December 1917 (Taisho 6), he published his first collection of poems, "Ode to Transformation," which was based on the "beauty of the intertwining of form and tone" of hieroglyphics. He then released his second collection, "The Black-robed Virgin Mary," in June 1921, calling his own style of poetry "Gothic-Roman style." "Moonlight falls on the earth, and within the universe, the liquid mercury is dissolved. Ah, the path I travel is black and black" ("The Taoist's Moonlit Journey" I). This "Gothic Roman style" was perfected in "Sacred Prose" (1933) as an alchemical lyric poem.

He began teaching at the School of Literature at Waseda University in 1922, and achieved outstanding results in the field of critical research, including translations of works such as "English Mystical Poetry" (1922) and "Salome" (1938), as well as the two-volume magnum opus "History of Meiji and Taisho Poetry" (1929) and his doctoral dissertation "The Priestess of Beauty" (1939). He was a professor at Waseda University and Aoyama Gakuin University. In 1952 (Showa 27), he was awarded the Japan Art Academy Prize for his works "History of Meiji Romantic Literature" (1951) and "Complete Poems of Hinatsu Konosuke" (1952). He passed away on June 13, 1971.

[Kubota Haniya]

"The Complete Works of Hinatsu Kounosuke, 8 volumes (1973-78, Kawade Shobo Shinsha)"

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詩人、英文学者。明治23年2月22日、長野県下伊那(いな)郡飯田(いいだ)町に生まれる。本名樋口国登(ひぐちくにと)（圀登は愛用した字体で、戸籍は國登）。雅号は夏黄眠(かこうみん)、黄眠道人、聴雪盧(ちょうせつろ)主人など二十数種を数える。早稲田(わせだ)大学英文科卒業。1917年（大正6）12月、象形文字の「形態と音調との錯綜(さくそう)美」を基調とした第一詩集『転身の頌(しょう)』を刊行。ついで21年6月、第二詩集『黒衣聖母』を世に送り、自らの詩風を「ゴスィック・ローマン詩体」と称した。「月光(つきかげ)　大地(つち)に降(お)り布(し)き／水銀の液汁を鎔解(とか)しこんだ天地万物(てんちばんぶつ)の裡(あはひ)／ああ　儂(わ)が旅(ゆ)く路は／担担とただ黝(くろ)い」（「道士月夜の旅」I）。この「ゴスィック・ローマン詩体」は錬金(れんきん)叙情詩風として『咒文(じゅもん)』（1933）において完成する。

　1922年より早稲田大学文学部において教鞭(きょうべん)をとり、『英国神秘詩鈔(しょう)』（1922）、『院曲撒羅米(サロメ)』（1938）などの翻訳、二巻からなる大著『明治大正詩史』（1929）や学位論文『美の司祭』（1939）などの評論研究の分野でも優れた業績を残した。早大、青山学院大教授。52年（昭和27）、『明治浪曼(ろうまん)文学史』（1951）ならびに『日夏耿之介全詩集』（1952）により日本芸術院賞を授けられる。昭和46年6月13日没。

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『『日夏耿之介全集』全8巻（1973～78・河出書房新社）』

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