Otsuyu

A haiku poet from the mid-Edo period. Nakagawa. Commonly known as Kiemon. Also known as Bakurinsha. Born in Kawasaki, Ise Province (Mie Prefecture). A lumber merchant, he later became a priest at the Ise Shrine and was called Keitokuzusho. He was a disciple of Basho in his later years, but learned haiku mainly from Iwata Ryoto, the founder of the Ise school, and after his teacher's death, he became the center of the Ise haiku world, and expanded his influence widely, including to the Hokuriku region, with his style of writing (Bakurin-style), which was simple, light-hearted, and intellectual, and easy to listen to. In later generations, the haiku style of his school was sometimes criticized as Shimakucho, along with Shiko's Mino style.

This morning, the floating grass is blooming on the other bank. [Minoru Horikiri]

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江戸中期の俳人。中川氏。通称喜右衛門。別号麦林舎(ばくりんしゃ)。伊勢(いせ)国（三重県）川崎の生まれ。材木商、のち神宮の御師(おし)となり、慶徳図書(ずしょ)と称す。芭蕉(ばしょう)晩年の門人であるが、俳諧(はいかい)はおもに伊勢派の祖岩田涼菟(りょうと)に学び、師の没後は伊勢俳壇の中心となり、平俗軽妙、しかも理知を含んだ俗耳に入りやすい作風（麦林風）によって、その勢力を北陸筋をはじめ広く拡張していった。後世、一派の俳風は、支考(しこう)の美濃(みの)風とあわせて、支麦調などとそしられることもあった。

　うき草や今朝はあちらの岸に咲く
［堀切　實］

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