Fujimoto Kizan

Japanese: 藤本箕山 - ふじもときざん

Born in 1626, Kyoto
[Died] June 21, 1704 (1st year of the Hoei period). A townsman in Kyoto in the early Edo period. Also known as Hatakeyama Miyama, but the basis for this is unclear. Name: Shichiroemon. Pen name: Moriyoshi. Also known as Sosen, Ryoin, Donshuken, etc. Born into a wealthy townsman's family, he started playing at a young age and studied haiku under Matsunaga Teitoku. He also excelled in the art of reading old calligraphy, and wrote Kenden Meimyoroku (1652), later making it his profession. When his family's fortunes declined, he switched from being a guest to a geisha, and wrote Masarikusa (56), a record of the reputation of Osaka Shinmachi. He also traveled to the pleasure quarters of various provinces, completing Shikido Daikyo (78), which had a great influence on later Ukiyo-zoshi.

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Japanese:

[生]寛永3(1626).京都
[没]宝永1(1704).6.21. 京都
江戸時代前期の町人。畠山箕山とも呼ばれるが，根拠不詳。名，七郎右衛門。字，盛庸。別名，素仙，了因，呑舟軒など。富裕な町人の家に生れ，若くして遊びの道に入り，また松永貞徳門で俳諧を学んだ。古筆目利 (めきき) にもすぐれ，『顕伝明名録』 (1652) を著わし，のちには古筆目利を職業とした。家運が傾いて客から幇間へ立場を変え，大坂新町の評判記『まさりくさ』 (56) を著わした。さらに諸国の遊里を渉猟，『色道大鏡』 (78) を完成，のちの浮世草子に大きな影響を与えた。

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