Omachi Keigetsu

Japanese: 大町桂月 - おおまち・けいげつ

Year of death: June 10, 1925
Year of birth: Meiji 2.1.24 (1869.3.6)
A poet, critic, and essayist of the Meiji and Taisho eras. The third son of Omachi Dori. Born in Kochi. His real name was Yoshie. At the age of 12, he moved to Tokyo to rely on his uncle, but lost his father and his mother shortly thereafter. He studied under his older brother, who was 12 years older than him and had already moved to Tokyo, and in 1887 (Meiji 20), he entered the First Higher School and became familiar with literature. In 1891, he entered Imperial University. Together with Shioi Ue, he published beautiful prose and verse in Teikoku Bungaku, a magazine founded by Takeshima Hagoromo and others, and in 1894, the three published a collection of poems and prose called Hana Momiji (Flowers and Autumn Leaves). His style and themes imitating the classics won him a certain amount of acclaim, and he became known as the Daigaku school and Akamon school, making his presence known in the poetry world of the time. In 1892, he married Amae's younger sister Naga. After working as a middle school teacher in Shimane, he joined Hakubunkan. He published critiques and travel writings in every issue of Taiyo, Chugaku Sekai, and other magazines. His work "Kigiku Shiragiku" (Orange and White Chrysanthemum), published in 1906, is a collection of beautiful pseudo-classical writings. He was said to be "a generous man of generous nature, and his only indulgence was in drinking," and although he made many drunken mistakes, his travel writings about his visits to various places were widely read. His collected works include the "Keitsuki Zenshu" (Complete Works of Keigetsu), a total of 13 volumes. <References> Fukui Kyuzo, "New History of Japanese Poetry"

(Shigeru Oikawa)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

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没年：大正14.6.10(1925)
生年：明治2.1.24(1869.3.6)
明治大正時代の詩人,評論家,随筆家。大町通の3男。高知生まれ。本名芳衛。12歳のとき叔父を頼って上京するが,同年父,まもなく母を失う。すでに上京していた12歳年長の兄のもとで勉強し,明治20(1887)年,第一高等中学校入学,文学に親しむ。26年,帝国大学入学。武島羽衣らの創刊した『帝国文学』に,塩井雨江と共に美文,韻文を発表し,29年,3者による詩文集『花紅葉』刊行。古典を模倣した文体や主題は一定の評価を得,大学派,赤門派と呼ばれて,当時の詩壇に存在を示した。27年には雨江の妹長と結婚。島根の中学校教師を経て,博文館に入社。『太陽』『中学世界』などに毎号,評論,紀行文を掲載。31年刊の『黄菊白菊』は擬古典派の美文を収めている。「資性豪放,嗜むに酒を以ってす」といわれ,酒の失敗も多かったが,一方,各地を訪ねた紀行文はよく読まれた。著作集に『桂月全集』全13巻がある。<参考文献>福井久蔵著『日本新詩史』

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