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Masaoka Shiki

正岡子規 1867-10-14 – 1902-09-19 日本語版へ

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Biography

Born in Matsuyama, Iyo Province (now Ehime Prefecture), as Masaoka Tsunenori. Dropped out of the Japanese Literature Department of Tokyo Imperial University. At the Nihon Shimbun newspaper he led revolutionary reform movements in both haiku and tanka poetry. Major works include the theoretical "Haikai Taiyō" (Essentials of Haikai), "Letters to Tanka Poets" (Utayomi ni Atauru Sho), "Six-Foot Sickbed" (Byōshō Rokushaku), and "Notes While Lying Prone" (Gyōga Manroku). His reforms shaped modern Japanese poetry.

Literary Schools / Movements

Haiku

Publication Venues (4 venues)Click to filter works by venue

Selected Works (67 works recorded in Aozora Bunko)

  • 刺客蚊公之墓碑銘 (Shikaku Ka Ōyake no Bohimei) (1891)
  • かけはしの記 (Kake Hashi no Ki) (1892)
  • 旅の旅の旅 (Tabi no Tabi no Tabi) (1892)
  • 字余りの和歌俳句 (Jiamari no Waka Haiku) (1894)
  • 俳諧大要 (Haikai Taiyō) (1895)
  • 従軍紀事 (Jūgun Kino Goto) (1896)
  • 東西南北序 (Tōzai Namboku Jo) (1896)
  • ベースボール (Bēsubōru) (1896)
  • 花枕 (Hana Makura) (1897)
  • 俳人蕪村 (Haijin Buson) (1897)
  • 歌よみに与ふる書 (Letters to a Tanka Poet) (1898)
  • あきまろに答ふ (Aki Maro ni Kotae Fu) (1898)
  • 古池の句の弁 (Furuike no Ku no Ben) (1898)
  • 土達磨を毀つ辞 (Do Daruma o Kobotsu Ji) (1898)
  • 句合の月 (Ku Gō no Tsuki) (1898)
  • わが幼時の美感 (Waga Yōji no Bikan) (1898)
  • 四百年後の東京 (Yon Hyaku Nen Go no Tōkyō) (1899)
  • 夢 (Yume) (1899)
  • 雲の日記 (Kumo no Nikki) (1899)
  • 俳句の初歩 (Haiku no Shoho) (1899)
  • 恋 (Koi) (1899)
  • 病牀譫語 (Byōshō) (1899)
  • 曙覧の歌 (Akemi no Uta) (1899)
  • 酒 (Sake) (1899)
  • 旅 (Tabi) (1899)
  • 墓 (Haka) (1899)
  • 飯待つ間 (Meshi Matsu Ma) (1899)
  • 熊手と提灯 (Kumade to Chōchin) (1899)
  • 病 (Yamai) (1899)
  • ランプの影 (Rampu no Kage) (1900)

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