Noba - Yaba

A haiku poet from the mid-Edo period. Shida. His pen names include Choshi, Asoan, and Takatsunoyao. He is counted as one of the Ten Philosophers of the Shomon School. He was born in Echizen (Fukui Prefecture), Fukui, and died in Kozu, Osaka. He was 79 years old. He went to Edo at a young age and became a clerk at an Echigoya. His first haiku, written under the pen name Noma, was in Zokuminashiguri, edited by Kikaku when he was 25, but his full-scale activities began in 1694 (Genroku 7), when he co-edited Sumidawara, a sack of charcoal, with fellow clerks Rigyū and Kokō. He was praised by Kyoriku as having "obtained a light and simple style that is in vogue" (Haiku Dialogue). His theories on haiku can be glimpsed in his writings such as "Sode Nikki" and "Choan Kusa Musubi". He is said to have over 1,000 disciples (nurewakaba), and his most famous works include "Kyo no Fushi" and "Hiroshima no Furittsu". His correspondence with Kyoriku was published in 1785 (Tenmei 5) by Shozan as "Kyoya Shosoku".

When the charcoal is removed, the young men start pulling radishes (bales of charcoal)
[Ichiro Fukumoto]

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江戸中期の俳人。志田氏。別号に樗子(ちょし)、浅生庵(あそうあん)、高津野野翁(たかつのやおう)など。蕉門(しょうもん)十哲の一人に数えられる。越前(えちぜん)（福井県）福井で生まれ、大坂高津(こうづ)で没した。享年79歳。幼くして江戸に出て、越後(えちご)屋の手代となっている。25歳のおりの其角(きかく)編『続虚栗(ぞくみなしぐり)』に野馬号でみえる句が初見であるが、本格的活動は、1694年（元禄7）に手代仲間の利牛(りぎゅう)、孤屋(こおく)と共編の『炭俵(すみだわら)』以降のことである。許六(きょりく)から「流行のかるき一筋を得たり」（俳諧(はいかい)問答）と評されている。その俳論は、『袖(そで)日記』『樗庵草結(くさむすび)』などの伝書にうかがうことができる。門人一千余人（ぬれ若葉）といわれるが、京の風之(ふうし)、広島の風律(ふうりつ)などが有名である。許六との往復書簡が、1785年（天明5）嘯山(しょうざん)によって『許野消息(きょやしょうそこ)』として公刊されている。

　鉢まきをとれば若衆ぞ大根引（炭俵）
［復本一郎］

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