Unearned - Mitoku

A haiku poet and kyoka poet in the early Edo period. Ishida. Commonly known as Bunzaemon (or Matazaemon). His other names were Kendou and Son'an. He was a money exchanger in front of Tokiwabashi in Edo. A pioneer of Edo haiku, he sought criticism from Teitoku early on, and was known as one of the Five Haiku Philosophers of Edo along with Saito Tokugen, Takashima Gensatsu, Nakarai Bokuyo, and Araki Kayu. His palindrome haiku of 1643 (Kan'ei 20) is particularly famous, and marked the beginning of the popularity of this type of playful haiku. His influence extended beyond Edo to the Kanto, Tohoku, Hokuriku, Ise, Izu, and other areas. In his later years, he intended to compile haiku books, and his son Mitaku took over and completed his work, writing "Hitomotogusa" (1669 preface). He also excelled in kyoka poetry, and many of his works were included in the "Kokinkyokushu" and "Gosenkyokushu," and his family anthology "Goginwagashu."

One and two of the springtime Midorikos in the year [Akira Morikawa]

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江戸初期の俳人、狂歌師。石田氏。通称文左衛門（又左衛門とも）。別号は乾堂(けんどう)、巽庵(そんあん)。江戸常盤(ときわ)橋前の両替商。江戸俳諧の草分け的存在で、早くから貞徳(ていとく)に批評を請い、斎藤徳元(とくげん)、高島玄札(げんさつ)、半井卜養(なからいぼくよう)、荒木加友とともに江戸五俳哲と称された。1643年（寛永20）の回文俳諧(はいかい)はとくに有名で、この種の遊戯的俳諧の流行の端緒となった。未得の勢力は江戸のほか関東、東北、北陸、伊勢(いせ)、伊豆などに及んだ。晩年俳書編集を意図し、息子の未琢(みたく)により継承完成されたのが『一本草(ひともとぐさ)』（1669序）である。狂歌にも優れ『古今夷曲(こきんいきょく)集』や『後撰(ごせん)夷曲集』に多く入集、家集に『吾吟我(ごぎんわが)集』がある。

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