Seishi Yamaguchi

Haiku poet. Born on November 3, 1901 in Kyoto City. His real name was Chikahiko. He graduated from the Faculty of Law at Tokyo Imperial University after graduating from the former Third High School. He was taught by Suzukanoburo and Hino Sojo at the Kyoto University Third High School Haiku Club, and contributed poems to "Kyokanoko" and "Hototogisu". At the Tokyo University Haiku Club, he was active with Mizuhara Shuoushi under the guidance of Takahama Kyoshi. He published a work that recalled his childhood in Karafuto (Sakhalin) in the style of Manyo, which was called "The 4S of the Hototogisu", and further established a hard-edged style of haiku that was concise and clear with urban themes. He rejected the taste for fuuei (sartorial poetry) in "Hototogisu" and became a pioneer of the new haiku movement, attempting serial haiku. He also advocated the reconstruction of reality based on Ashibi. In 1948 (Showa 23), he founded Tenro, advocating the theory of "origin," and brought together emerging haiku poets such as Saito Sanki, Akimoto Fujio, and Hirahata Seito, as well as Seishi's Hashimoto Takako and Enomoto Fuyuichiro, and contributed to the revival of haiku after the war. He received the Purple Ribbon Medal in 1970 and the Art Academy Prize in 1987. His haiku collections include "Frozen Port" (1932), "Yellow Flag" (1935), "Raging Waves" (1946), "Blue Lady" (1951), and "Immovable" (1977), as well as many collections of essays.

[Takaha Kariyuki]

In the summer river, the ends of the red iron chains are drenched. I go out to sea and the cold wind blows, with no place to return to.

"The Complete Works of Yamaguchi Seishi, 10 volumes (1977, Meiji Shoin)" ▽ "Yamaguchi Seishi - 300 Self-Selected Poems (1992, Shunyodo Shoten)" ▽ "The Complete Collection of Yamaguchi Seishi's Poems by Seasonal Theme (1998, Honami Shoten)" ▽ "Kurita Yasushi, New Edition of Haiku Series: People and Works 15, Yamaguchi Seishi" (1979, Ohfusha)" ▽ "Twelve Months of Yamaguchi Seishi's Haiku, edited by Matsui Toshihiko (1987, Ohfusha)" ▽ "Japanese Poetry 19" (Chuko Bunko)

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俳人。明治34年11月3日、京都市に生まれた。本名新比古(ちかひこ)。旧制三高を経て東京帝国大学法学部卒業。京大三高俳句会で鈴鹿野風呂(すずかのぶろ)、日野草城(そうじょう)に指導を受け、『京鹿子(きょうかのこ)』『ホトトギス』に投句。東大俳句会では高浜虚子(きょし)の指導下に水原秋桜子(しゅうおうし)らと活躍する。樺太(からふと)（サハリン）での幼時を万葉の語調で追憶した作品を発表し「ホトトギスの4S」とよばれ、さらに都会的な素材を簡潔・明快に詠む硬質の句風を樹立。『ホトトギス』の諷詠(ふうえい)趣味を排し、新興俳句運動の先駆者となり、連作俳句を試みた。また『馬酔木(あしび)』に拠(よ)り、現実の再構成を主張した。1948年（昭和23）「根源」論をかかげ『天狼(てんろう)』を創刊、新興俳句系の西東三鬼(さいとうさんき)・秋元不死男(ふじお)・平畑静塔(ひらはたせいとう)、誓子門の橋本多佳子(たかこ)・榎本冬一郎(えのもとふゆいちろう)らを統合、戦後の俳句復興に寄与した。1970年紫綬(しじゅ)褒章、1987年芸術院賞を受ける。句集は『凍港(とうこう)』（1932）、『黄旗(こうき)』（1935）、『激浪(げきろう)』（1946）、『青女(せいじょ)』（1951）、『不動(ふどう)』（1977）など、評論集も多い。

［鷹羽狩行］

　夏の河赤き鉄鎖(てっさ)のはし浸る
　海に出て木枯(こがらし)帰るところなし

『『山口誓子全集』全10巻（1977・明治書院）』▽『『山口誓子――自選三百句』（1992・春陽堂書店）』▽『『季題別山口誓子全句集』（1998・本阿弥書店）』▽『栗田靖著『新訂俳句シリーズ　人と作品15　山口誓子』（1979・桜楓社）』▽『松井利彦編『山口誓子俳句十二か月』（1987・桜楓社）』▽『『日本の詩歌19』（中公文庫）』

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