Akera Kanko

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Akera Kankō ( Japanese 朱 楽 管 江 ; * December 12, 1740 ; † January 17, 1800 ), real name: Yamazaki Gōnosuke ( 山崎 郷 助 ), was a Japanese poet.

Akera was next to Yomo no Akara (Ōta Nampo) and Karagoromo Kisshū as one of the three masters of Kyōka ( kyōka sandaika ) during the Tenmei period (1781–1789). Kyōka is a humorous form of poetry that draws its effect from the incongruence of the subject matter and the language used.

Some of his poems can be found in the illustrated "Shell Book" ( Tsutaya Jūzaburō ), which was probably published in 1789.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Masashi Kobayashi: Senryū: Japan's Short Comic Poetry . In: Jessica Milner Davis (ed.): Understanding Humor in Japan . Wayne State University Press, 2006, ISBN 978-0-8143-3165-1 , pp. 115 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  2. ↑ Haruo Shirane (Ed.): Early Modern Japanese Literature: An Anthology, 1600-1900 . Columbia University Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0-231-10991-8 , pp. 258 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  3. ↑ Jun Ishikawa: On the Thought of the People of Edo . S. 11 (Japanese: Edojin no hassōhō ni tsuite . Translated by R. Shaldjian Morrison).
  4. ^ The Shell Book : One of the Most Beautiful Books Ever Published. In: Treasures of The New York Public Library. The New York Public Library, archived from the original on July 6, 2011 ; accessed on December 21, 2011 .
Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Akera is the family name, Kankō the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Akera, Kankō
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 朱 楽 管 江 (Japanese); Yamazaki Gōnosuke (real name); 山崎 郷 助 (Japanese, real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese lyric poet
DATE OF BIRTH December 12, 1740
DATE OF DEATH 17th January 1800