Nishiyama Sōin
Nishiyama • Illustration — Nishiyama Sōin, born Nishiyama Toyoichi March 28, 1605 in Higo Province, Japan – May 5, 1682 in Kyoto was a haikai-no-renga poet of the early Tokugawa period. R H Blyth called Sōin "one of the Fathers of Haiku".
Also recorded as Nishiyama Soin · Nishiyama Souin
Nishiyama Sōin
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- Born
- 1605 · Yatsushiro.
- Died
- 1682
- Nationality
- Japan
- Occupation
- poet · writer
- Movements
- Danrin school
- Teachers
- Satomura Shōtaku
- Languages
- Japanese
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Disciples
Among the most important members of his school were Ichū, a versatile figure who also painted and wrote waka, and Saikaku.
Identity
Identity
Nishiyama Sōin is recorded with the occupation writer. Recorded with the occupation poet. Recorded as a citizen of Japan. Identity and origins. The authorities additionally record the headings Nishiyama Soin and Nishiyama Souin. His recorded language was Japanese. His recorded confession was Buddhism.
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Life and career
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1605
Nishiyama Sōin was born on 28 March 1605.
1682
Nishiyama Sōin died on 5 May 1682.
Influence and importance
Sōin founded the Danrin school of haikai poetry, which aimed to move away from the serious 'bookishness' popular in Japanese poetry at the time and become more in touch with the common people, infusing a spirit of greater freedom into their poetry. Their poems explored the floating world of popular urban amusements in a fully colloquial style. Sōin's haikai (comical renga) became the transition between the light and clever haikai of Matsunaga Teitoku and the more serious and aesthetic renku of Matsuo Bashō.
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1070576735, Nishiyama, Sōin.
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- 1.Als Haiku-Dichter führte er u. a. die Namen Ichiyu (一幽), Saiō (西翁), Baiō (梅翁).
- 2.„Teimon-Haikai“ (貞門俳諧) geht auf den Dichter Matsunaga Teitoku (1571–1654) und seine Schüler zurück.
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