Hototogisu
Hototogisu ( Japanese ホ ト ト ギ ス , dt. " Gackelkuckuck ") is a pre-war Japanese haiku magazine that is published today by Hototogisu KG ( 合資 会 社 ホ ト ト ギ ス , gōshi-gaisha Hototogisu ).
The main purpose of the magazine is to promote haiku. But descriptions of nature and prose literature are also promoted.
The magazine is known, among other things, for the fact that Natsume Sōseki published his novel " Ich der Kater " in 1905 (at the instigation of Takahama Kyoshis ) in it.
The magazine was founded in January 1897 by Masaoka Shiki . The place of establishment and the first publication was Matsuyama . The editing during the first year was taken over by Yanagihara Kyokudō . The following year, 1898, the magazine was relocated to Tokyo and Takahama Kyoshi took over the editing.
After Shiki's death in 1902, Kyoshi became his successor and deepened the principle of the objective description of nature already advocated by Shiki. The so-called Hototogisu school of modern haiku developed, from which the school of free haiku founded by Kawahigashi Hekigotō split off.
The title Hototogisu (" Gackelkuckuck ") goes back to the fact that the founder Masaoka Shiki compared himself with this animal. In fact, the self-chosen pseudonym Shiki is also a name for the gackle cuckoo.
Important members
- Masaoka Shiki
- Kawahigashi Hekigotō
- Takahama Kyoshi
- Sugita Hisajo
- Nakamura Teijo
- Mizuhara Shūōshi
- Yamaguchi Seishi
- Takano Suju
- Awano Seiho
- Hoshino Tatsuko
- Nakamura Kusatao
- Takeshita Shizunojo
- Hino Sōjō
literature
- Shinmura Izuru (Ed.): Kōjien . 4th edition, Iwanami shoten, Tōkyō 1991.