Rokuyo - Rikunyo

A Chinese poet of the mid-Edo period. His given name was Jishu, his pen name was Rokujo, and his pen names were Hakuro and Rokujoan. He was born to a doctor, Naemura Kaidō, in Omihachiman (Shiga Prefecture). He became a Tendai Buddhist monk at the age of 11, and as he grew older he was respected as a learned monk, spending his life commuting between Kyoto and Edo. As a Chinese poet, he was not satisfied with the classical literary style of the Ogyu Sorai school that was all the rage at the time, and instead showed a style that frankly expressed his true feelings, becoming a pioneer of the innovation in poetry in the late Edo period. He wrote three volumes of "Rokujoan Shisho" (1783-1823) and two volumes of "Katsugenshiwa" (1787-1804).

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"Poets of the Late Edo Period" by Hideo Fujikawa (1973, Chikuma Shobo)

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江戸中期の漢詩人。名を慈周(じしゅう)、字(あざな)を六如、号を白楼(はくろう)・六如庵(あん)。近江八幡(おうみはちまん)（滋賀県）の医者苗村介洞(なえむらかいどう)の子として生まれる。11歳で天台宗の僧侶(そうりょ)となり、長じて学僧として重んじられ、京都と江戸との間を往復する生涯を送った。漢詩人としては、一世を風靡(ふうび)した荻生徂徠(おぎゅうそらい)一門の古文辞(こぶんじ)格調派の詩風に飽き足らず、自己の真情を率直に表現する詩風をみせて、江戸時代後期の詩風革新の先駆けとなった。『六如庵詩鈔(ししょう)』3編（1783～1823）、『葛原詩話(かつげんしわ)』2編（1787～1804）などの著作がある。

［揖斐　高］

『富士川英郎著『江戸後期の詩人たち』（1973・筑摩書房）』

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