Kitamura Kigin
Kitamura Kigin | |
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| Native name | 北村季吟 |
| Born | 19 January 1624 Kitamura, Yasu-gun, Ōmi Province |
| Died | 4 August 1705 |
Kitamura Kigin (北村季吟; born January 19, 1624 in Kitamura, Yasu-gun, Ōmi Province (now Yasu, Shiga Prefecture); died August 4, 1705) was a Japanese haiku poet and scholar.[1]
Biography
Kitamura, who came from a family of doctors, was a student of Yasuhara Teishitsu (1610–1673) and his teacher Matsunaga Teitoku.[2]
At the age of 23, he published a collection of haiku entitled Yama no i, which made him known as a member of the Teitoku school.[3] In addition to his own haiku, he wrote commentaries on classic works of Japanese literature such as the The Tales of Ise, The Pillow Book, The Tale of Genji and Tsurezuregusa. He wrote his first commentary on the Yamato Monogatari at the age of 29. His most famous student was the haiku poet Matsuo Bashō.[2]
Selected works
- Yama no i (山之井)
- Yamato monogatari-shō
- Ise monogatari shūsuishō (伊勢物語拾穂抄)
- Genji monogatari kogetsushō (源氏物語湖月抄)
- Inagoshū
- Hakai umoregi
- Iwa tsutsuji[3]
References
- ^ "北村季吟". デジタル版 日本人名大辞典 at kotobank.jp (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved 2011-12-22.
- ^ a b Shirane, Haruo (2008). Traditional Japanese Literature: An Anthology, Beginnings to 1600. Columbia University Press. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-231-13697-6.
- ^ a b Hisamatsu, Sen'ichi (1982). Biographical Dictionary of Japanese Literature (3rd ed.). Tokyo: Kodansha International. pp. 203–204. ISBN 0-87011-253-8.
- Noma, S., ed. (1993). "Kitamura Kigin". Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Kodansha. p. 794. ISBN 4-06-205938-X.