Hideo Yoshino

Poet. Born in Gunma Prefecture. Dropped out of Keio University Faculty of Economics due to lung disease. While recuperating in his hometown, he was influenced by the poems of Shiki Masaoka, Sachio Ito and other poets of "Araragi" and decided to become a poet. In 1926 (Showa 1), he married Hatsu Kuribayashi. In 1981, he moved to Kamakura for recuperation and made it his permanent residence. Later, he was moved by Shuso Dojin's (Aizu Yaichi) collection of poems "Nanking New Songs" and studied under him from 1933, becoming his lifelong teacher. He published "One Hundred More Tanka" in the inaugural issue of "Sougen" in December 1946, and his magnificent poem about sexual love at the time of his wife's death made Hideo Yoshino's name known to the world. After the war, Hideo served as a teacher at the Kamakura Academy of Literature for a while, but he lived a life of close contact with death and illness, and created a unique, mellow style of writing based on the Manyoshu style, deepening his oriental view of life. Furthermore, from the publication of "Soubaishu" and "Kansenshu" in 1947, he developed a free-spirited state of mind that looked at the ultimate essence of life. He won the Yomiuri Literature Prize for "Yoshino Hideo Poetry Collection." He also won the Art Encouragement Prize for his poetry collection "Gankoshu."

[Takashi Hidaka]

Is it calling from another world? Is it keeping us here in this world? The cry of the bear cicada

"The Complete Works of Yoshino Hideo, 9 volumes (1969-70, Chikuma Shobo)" ▽ "The Novel: Professor Yoshino Hideo, by Yamaguchi Hitomi (1969, Bungeishunju)" ▽ "The Best Poems of Yoshino Hideo, by Katayama Sadayoshi (1977, Tanka Shimbunsha)" ▽ "In the Depths of My Heart, by Yoshino Tomiko (1978, Yayoi Shobo)"

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歌人。群馬県生まれ。慶応義塾大学経済学部を肺患のため中退。故郷にて療養中に正岡子規(しき)、伊藤左千夫(さちお)ら『アララギ』歌人の歌に影響され作歌を志す。1926年（昭和1）、栗林はつと結婚。1981年、療養のため鎌倉に転地、永住の地となる。のち秋艸道人(しゅうそうどうじん)（会津八一(あいづやいち)）の歌集『南京新唱(なんきょうしんしょう)』に感動し、1933年より師事、終生の師とする。1946年12月刊の『創元』創刊号に「短歌百余章」を発表、妻の死に際しての性愛を歌いあげた絶唱によって、吉野秀雄の名を一躍世に知らしめた。戦後しばらく鎌倉アカデミア文学部の教師を務めるも、生涯を死と接して病躯(びょうく)を生きた秀雄は、万葉調を基調にして東洋的生命観を深めた醇乎(じゅんこ)たる独自の作風をつくりあげた。さらに1947年の『早梅集(そうばいしゅう)』『寒蝉集(かんせんしゅう)』刊行のころより、生命の究極を見つめた自在な境地を展開した。『吉野秀雄歌集』により読売文学賞受賞。歌集『含紅集(がんこうしゅう)』により芸術選奨受賞。

［日高堯子］

　彼の世より呼び立つるにやこの世にて引き留(と)むるにや熊蝉(くまぜみ)の声

『『吉野秀雄全集』全9巻（1969～70・筑摩書房）』▽『山口瞳著『小説・吉野秀雄先生』（1969・文芸春秋）』▽『片山貞美著『吉野秀雄の秀歌』（1977・短歌新聞社）』▽『吉野登美子著『わが胸の底ひに』（1978・弥生書房）』

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