Matsunaga Teitoku
Matsunaga Teitoku | |
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松永 貞徳 | |
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| Born | 1571 |
| Died | 1654 |
| Other names | 長頭丸 (Tyōzumaru) 逍遊軒 (Syōyūken) |
| Era | Edo period |
| Children | Matsunaga Sekigo |
| Father | Matsunaga Eisyu |
Matsunaga Teitoku[a] (松永 貞徳; 1570–1653) was a Japanese haikai and waka poet. As a teacher of Teimon Haikai, he spread haikai throughout Japan. He was considered by R H Blyth to be the most important of Matsuo Bashō's predecessors.[2]
Achievements
[edit]Teitoku played a significant role in regularising the rules for Haikai, and in raising its importance and status as a genre.[3] He specialised in elegant wordplay, and in subject-matter reflecting the Chinese classics and waka.[4]
Through his disciples in the Teimon school, he influenced succeeding generations of haiku poets: thus for example Bashō's first haiku teacher, Kigin, came from his school.[5]
Criticism
[edit]Teitoku's approach was criticised by the Danrin school for shallowness and excessive wordplay.[6] One member, Bashō himself, is reported to have said of its founder, Nishiyama Sōin, that, if not for him, "we would still be licking the slaver of aged Teitoku".[7]
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Japanese pronunciation: [ma.tsɯꜜ.na.ɡa | teꜜi.to.kɯ, -teꜜː-, ma.tsɯꜜ.na.ɡa (|) tei.to.kɯ, -teː-, -na.ŋa-][1]
References
[edit]- ^ Kindaichi, Haruhiko; Akinaga, Kazue, eds. (10 March 2025). 新明解日本語アクセント辞典 (in Japanese) (2nd ed.). Sanseidō.
- ^ R H Blyth, A History of Haiku Vol I (1963) p. 67
- ^ R H Blyth, A History of Haiku Vol I (1963) p. 67
- ^ Nobuyuki Yuasa trans., The Narrow Road to the Deep North (1983) p. 17
- ^ Nobuyuki Yuasa trans., The Narrow Road to the Deep North (1983) p. 20-1
- ^ Makoto Ueda, Matsuo Bashō (1982) p. 38-40
- ^ Nobuyuki Yuasa trans., The Narrow Road to the Deep North (1983) p. 24
