Horo - Enamel

Japanese: 鳳朗 - ほうろう

1762-1845 (12th year of the Horeki era - 2nd year of the Koka era)
A haiku poet of the late Edo period. His family name was Tagawa, given name was Togen, and also Yoshinaga. His other names were Taitake, Uguisutake, Bashoro, etc. He was from Kumamoto. He learned haiku from his father Teizan and Hisatake Kiseki at an early age, and took the name Kyoryo. When he moved to Edo, he followed Michihiko and changed his name to Hourou. He is one of the three great poets of the Tenpo period, along with Sokyu and Umemura. He was an ambitious man with great leadership skills, and had many feudal lords and nobles as his disciples. In his later years, he was given the title of "Hana no Hono" by the Nijō family. He wrote "Basho Habune" and advocated haiku that aimed to emulate Basho's character. His works are somewhat lacking in poetic emotion, and are vulgar, falling into reasoning and petty subjectivity, but this is in keeping with the spirit of Edo tastes and was welcomed by the masses.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1762‐1845(宝暦12‐弘化2)
江戸後期の俳人。姓は田川，名は東源，また義長。別号は対竹，鶯竹，芭蕉楼など。熊本の人。父鼎山や久武綺石に早くから俳諧を学び，京陵と号し，江戸に出て道彦（みちひこ）に従って鳳朗と改めた。蒼虬（そうきゆう），梅室とともに天保三大家の一人。野心家で統率力にたけ，大名や多くの貴顕をも門下に擁し，晩年二条家から〈花の本翁〉の称号を受けた。《芭蕉葉ぶね》を著して芭蕉の人格を目ざす俳諧を提唱。作品はやや詩情を欠き，理屈や小主観に堕して俗臭をとどめるが，かえってそれが江戸趣味の気風に通い，大衆に迎えられた。

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