Saishū Onoe

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Saishū Onoe
Saishū Onoe in 1935
Saishū Onoe in 1935
Native name
尾上 柴舟
BornHachirō Onoe
(1876-08-20)August 20, 1876
Okayama, Japan
DiedJanuary 13, 1957(1957-01-13) (aged 80)
Tokyo, Japan
OccupationTanka poet, calligrapher
Nationality Japan
EducationUniversity of Tokyo
GenreTanka poetry
Literary movementLyric poetry
Japanese name
Kanji尾上 柴舟
Hiraganaおのえ さいしゅう

Saishū Onoe (尾上 柴舟, Onoe Saishū) (20 August, 1876 – 1, January, 1957) was the pen name of Hachirō Onoe (尾上 八郎, Onoe Hachirō), a Japanese tanka poet and calligrapher.[1]

Biography[]

Saishū wrote a poetry column for the magazine Shinsei ("New Voices"). He also founded the Shazensō Sha ("Plantain Society") in 1905, which stressed clarity, simplicity, and capturing ordinary experiences in poetry.[2] This was in reaction to the style of the tanka poets associated with Myōjō magazine (such as Yosano Akiko) which emphasized the passionate side of human nature. Members of the Shazensō Sha included the noted Naturalist tanka poets Wakayama Bokusui and (who had been tutored by Onoe Saishū).

References[]

  1. ^ Chieko Irie Mulhern Japanese Women Writers: A Bio-Critical Sourcebook -1994 Page 483 "Onoe Saishu (Onoe Hachiro, 1876-1958) in his article "Tanka met- subo shiron" (The Fall of Tanka — A Personal View, 1911) denounced tanka as a genre in favor of fiction. Akiko tried to promote tanka by writing a few beginners' guides and ..."
  2. ^ Seiko Tanabe A Thousand Strands of Black Hair Translated by Meredith McKinney - Page 222 "Onoe had been a disciple of Ochiai Naobumi at Asakasha in the days when tekkan was also in his fold, but had since formed the with and , and undertaken a tanka reform movement. The Ikazuchi poets had a different approach from the Myojo group, ...


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