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A haiku poet from the mid-Edo period. The Takakuwa clan. His real name was Tadayasu or Masayasu. His first pen name was Ranko. His other pen names included Niyaan, Hankabou, and Bashodo. He was born into a merchant family in Kanazawa, Kaga (Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture), but studied haiku enthusiastically and left his family job to do so. He lived in Kanazawa at first, but in his later years he moved to Kyoto and ran Bashodo near Kodaiji Temple in Higashiyama. He admired Basho's elegance, and drew people's attention to the Genroku haiku world, making great achievements by reprinting and annotating haiku books related to Basho. He was also granted the title of master of the Haikai Chukohana school by the Nijo family. His haiku style is gentle and elegant. Among his disciples were Baishitsu, Sokyu, and Nanimaru. He compiled and wrote many books, including "Ari no mama" (1769) and "Ochiba ko" (1771). He died on May 3, 1790.

[Katsuo Matsuo]

Day by day the dead reeds break and flow away.

"Takasawa Kansara" by Okawa Ryou (included in "Haiku Lecture 3: Haiku Poets Biographies, Vol. 2", 1959, Meiji Shoin)

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江戸中期の俳人。高桑(たかくわ)氏。本名忠保または正保。初号蘭皐(らんこう)。別号二夜庵(にやあん)、半化房、芭蕉(ばしょう)堂など。加賀金沢（石川県金沢市）の商家に生まれたが、俳諧(はいかい)を希因に学び、そのため家職を捨てた。初め金沢に住んだが、晩年は京都に移住、東山高台寺の近くに芭蕉堂を営む。芭蕉の高雅を敬慕し、世人の関心を元禄(げんろく)俳壇に向けさせ、芭蕉関係の俳書を翻刻、注釈するなど功績をあげた。また、二条家から俳諧中興花(はな)の本(もと)宗匠を許された。俳風は温和高雅。門下から梅室(ばいしつ)、蒼虬(そうきゅう)、何丸(なにまる)らが輩出した。『有(あり)の儘(まま)』（1769）、『落葉考』（1771）など、編著も多い。寛政(かんせい)10年5月3日没。

［松尾勝郎］

　枯蘆(かれあし)の日に日に折れて流れけり

『大河寥々著『高桑闌更』（『俳句講座3　俳人評伝　下』所収・1959・明治書院）』

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