Ryoto

A haiku poet from the mid-Edo period. His real name was Iwata Masayuki, and he was commonly known as Gonshichiro. He was originally called Danyuu and later Danyuusai, and he succeeded the third head of the Shinpukan Haito. He was a priest at Ise Shrine (one theory says he was a Kagura man), but he became familiar with haiku from an early age, and became a disciple of Basho in his later years. He founded a school called the Ise school, and made numerous pilgrimages to various places, including Hokuriku, Kyushu, and Kyoto, and worked energetically with his disciple Otsuyu to expand its influence. His style was light and simple, like Shiko's Mino school, but he made a great contribution to the spread of haiku to the provinces. His edited works include "Kawagozure" and "Yamanakashu."

[Minoru Horikiri]

A cold wind blew all day.

"Iwata Ryoto" by Torao Kagami (included in "Haiku Lecture 3", 1959, Meiji Shoin)

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江戸中期の俳人。本名岩田正致(まさゆき)。通称権七郎。初め団友(だんゆう)、のち団友斎と号し、俳統神風館3世を継いだ。伊勢(いせ)神宮の神官（一説に神楽男(かぐらおとこ)とする）であったが、早くから俳諧(はいかい)に親しみ、晩年の芭蕉(ばしょう)に入門した。伊勢派とよばれる一派を開き、北陸、九州、京都など各地に行脚(あんぎゃ)を重ね、弟子乙由(おつゆう)とともに、その勢力の拡張に精力的に活動した。作風は、支考の美濃(みの)派と同様、軽妙平俗であったが、俳諧の地方への普及に果たした功績は大きい。編著に『皮籠摺(かわごずれ)』『山中集』などがある。

［堀切　實］

　こがらしの一日吹いて居りにけり

『各務虎雄著『岩田涼菟』（『俳句講座3』所収・1959・明治書院）』

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