Kurita-Chodō:

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  • 栗田樗堂『萍窓集』小考
  • 栗田樗堂『萍窓集』小考 : 『石耕集』との比較を通して
  • クリタチョドウ 『 ヘイマドシュウ 』 ショウコウ : 『 セキコウシュウ 』 ト ノ ヒカク オ トオシテ
  • A Note on <i>Heisō-shū</i> in Comparison with <i>Sekkō-shū</i>
  • ―『石耕集』との比較を通して―

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Abstract

Kurita-Chodō (1749-1814), a wealthy merchant of Matsuyama, was also a poet widely known as one of Katō-Kyōtai’s disciples. This article examines his editorial intention in Heisō-shū, his only published poetry collection in 1812, in comparison with Sekkō-shū, his unpublished collection in 1807. While Sekkō-shū was an anthology, Heisō-shū is a private collection intended for the confession of the poet’s dissipated life through the biographical sketch of Matsuo-Bashō. The inscription of “fūryū-zaika (artistic sin)” on the front page refers to his dissolute life with no regard for fame and wealth. After the style of Bashō, Kurita provided a preface to each poem in which poetical phrases are elaborately integrated into realistic descriptions. His preference for the old master’s hermit life reflects the philosophy of “fūryū-zaika” which dictates that all secular affairs must be disregarded for art’s sake.

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  • Kinsei Bungei

    Kinsei Bungei 111 (0), 17-30, 2020

    Nihon kinsei bungaku kai (The Japanese Early Modern Literature Association)

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