Usuda Arou - Usuda Arou

Haiku poet. Born in Nagano Prefecture. Real name Uichiro. Former pen name Itto. Graduated from Hosei University. In 1914 (Taisho 3), he met Takahama Kyoshi and resumed haiku, which he had started as a boy but had stopped. The following year, with the support of Osuga Otsuji, he founded and presided over the magazine Shakunage. He considered "truth" to be the heart of haiku and preached "a sense of nature" and "one verse, one chapter." His style was simple and solemn. He was a great critic of the haiku world and played a warning role. His students included Ono Rinka. His haiku collections include Aran Kusho (1925), Tabibito (1937), and Hakudo (1946).

[Takaha Kariyuki]

Cuckoo, how far should I go to meet someone?

"Usuda Aro Complete Haiku Collection" (1977, Dosho Publishing Association)

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俳人。長野県生まれ。本名卯一郎。旧号一兎(いっと)。法政大学卒業。1914年（大正3）高浜虚子(きょし)に会い、少年時代より始めて中絶していた俳句を再開。翌年、大須賀乙字(おつじ)の援助を得て『石楠(しゃくなげ)』を創刊、主宰。「まこと」を俳句の心とし「自然感」「一句一章」を説いた。作風は素朴で荘重。俳壇を大いに批判、警鐘的な役割を果たした。門下に大野林火(りんか)らがいる。句集に『亜浪句鈔(くしょう)』（1925）、『旅人』（1937）、『白道』（1946）など。

［鷹羽狩行］

　郭公(かっこう)や何処(どこ)までゆかば人に逢(あ)はむ

『『臼田亜浪全句集』（1977・同書刊行会）』

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