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A haiku poet from the early Edo period. Tachibana. Commonly known as Togiya Genshiro. Also known as Cho (Zhao) Suidai and Juyoken. He was born in Komatsu, Kaga Province (Komatsu City, Ishikawa Prefecture) and moved to Kanazawa, where he worked as a sword sharpener with his brother, Bokudo (commonly known as Togiya Hikosaburo). He was familiar with Danrin haiku, but in the autumn of 1689 (Genroku 2), when he met Basho during his pilgrimage to the Narrow Road to the Deep North, he became his disciple along with the Bokudo, and accompanied him to Matsuoka, Echizen Province (Eiheiji Town, Fukui Prefecture). Kitaeda later published "Sanshi Ko" (1836), "Yamanaka Shiu" (1839), and "Yamanaka Mondo" (1862) based on the teachings he learned from Basho during that time, and they are valuable resources for the study of Basho's renga (linked verse). He also edited and wrote "Utatsushu" (1692) and "Mo no Nagori" (Remnants of Mourning) (1697). He was an important figure as a representative of the Hokuriku Basho school. His grave is at Shinrensha Shrine in Takamichi-cho, Kanazawa City.

[Tetsuo Hisatomi]

The sound of the river and the hibiscus blossoms have not yet risen

"Tachibana Kitae" by Ryosaku Tonoda (included in "Haiku Lecture Series 3", 1959, Meiji Shoin)" "Yasui Kosha" by Kosha Yasui (included in "Classical Haiku Literature Series 9, Basho School Famous Poems Collection 2", 1972, Shueisha)

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江戸前期の俳人。立花(たちばな)氏。通称研屋(とぎや)源四郎。別号鳥(ちょう)（趙）翠(すい)台、寿夭(じゅよう)軒。加賀国小松（石川県小松市）の出身で、金沢に移住し、兄牧童(ぼくどう)（通称研屋彦三郎）とともに研刀を業とした。談林俳諧(だんりんはいかい)に親しんでいたが、1689年（元禄2）秋『おくのほそ道』行脚(あんぎゃ)中の芭蕉(ばしょう)に会って牧童とともに入門、越前(えちぜん)国松岡（福井県永平寺(えいへいじ)町）まで随行した。その間に得た芭蕉の教えを北枝が筆録したものをもとに後年刊行された『三四考』（1836）、『やまなかしう』（1839）、『山中(やまなか)問答』（1862）は、芭蕉の連句研究上の貴重な資料である。編著に『卯辰(うたつ)集』（1692）、『喪(も)の名残(なごり)』（1697）など。北陸蕉門の代表的人物として重要な存在であった。墓所は金沢市高道町の心蓮社(しんれんしゃ)にある。

［久富哲雄］

　川音やむくげ咲(さく)戸はまだ起(おき)ず

『殿田良作著「立花北枝」（『俳句講座3』所収・1959・明治書院）』▽『安井小洒著「北枝」（『古典俳文学大系9　蕉門名家句集二』所収・1972・集英社）』

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