Jukichi Yagi

Poet. Born in Minamitama, Tokyo (Machida City). He was baptized in 1919 (Taisho 8) while studying at Tokyo Higher Normal School, but gradually came to embrace Kanzo Uchimura's non-church faith. In 1921, he was appointed as an English teacher at Mikage Normal School in Hyogo Prefecture, where he became passionate about writing poetry and began to aim for the integration of poetry and faith. In 1925, he was transferred to Chiba Prefectural Higashi Katsushika Junior High School, where he published his first collection of poems, "Autumn Eyes," and became a member of the "Poetry House" group, which was led by Sounosuke Sato. However, he became bedridden due to tuberculosis the following year, and passed away on October 26, 1927 (Showa 2). After his death, his second collection of poems, "Poor Believers" (1928), which he had selected himself, was published. The poems, which take the surrounding nature and family as their themes, simply express in short colloquial passages the rigors and joys of living a life of sincere faith.

[Takao Tobitaka]

"The Complete Works of Yagi Jukichi, 3 volumes (1982, Chikuma Shobo)" ▽ "The Definitive Collection of Yagi Jukichi Poems (1978, Yayoi Shobo)" ▽ "The Collection of Yagi Jukichi Poems (Obunsha Bunko)" ▽ "The Poet Yagi Jukichi, by Tanaka Kiyomitsu (1969, Mugi Shobo)"

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詩人。東京南多摩（町田市）生まれ。東京高等師範学校在学中の1919年（大正8）洗礼を受けたが、しだいに内村鑑三の無教会主義の信仰に近づいた。21年兵庫県御影(みかげ)師範の英語教師として赴任、このころから詩作に熱中し、詩と信仰の合一を目ざすようになる。25年千葉県立東葛飾(ひがしかつしか)中学に転任、第一詩集『秋の瞳(ひとみ)』を刊行、佐藤惣之助(そうのすけ)主宰の『詩之家』同人となった。しかし、翌26年より結核のため病臥(びょうが)、27年（昭和2）10月26日没した。没後、生前自選の第二詩集『貧しき信徒』（1928）刊行。その詩は、身辺の自然や家族を題材に、真摯(しんし)な信仰に生きる厳しさと喜びを口語による短章によって純一に表現している。

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『『八木重吉全集』全三巻（1982・筑摩書房）』▽『『定本八木重吉詩集』（1978・弥生書房）』▽『『八木重吉詩集』（旺文社文庫）』▽『田中清光著『詩人八木重吉』（1969・麦書房）』

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