Kaga no Chiyojo

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Kaga no Chiyojo

Kaga no Chiyojo ( Japanese 加 賀 千代 女 ; * 1703 Hakusan , Kaga Province (today: Ishikawa Prefecture ); † October 2, 1775 , Kaga Province) was a Japanese poet .

Life

She was born into a family who made a living framing pictures. At the age of about 15 she began to write haiku without having been trained. When the two poets Kagami Shikō and Rosen traveled independently through Kaga in 1721 , they were both extremely impressed by their talent. Her poems were influenced by the Shikō Mino school.

Through the publication of her poems, she became so well known throughout the country over the years that the haiku poet Uchū mentioned her in his work in 1725 to pay tribute to her. At the age of 52 she became a nun and took the name Soen ( 素 園 ).

Works (selection)

  • 1755 Chiyo-ni kushū ( 千代 尼 句 集 ) published by Kikaku
  • 1771 Matsu no koe ( 松 の 声 )

literature

  • Sen'ichi Hisamatsu: Biographical Dictionnary of Japanese Literature . 3. Edition. Kodansha International, Tokyo 1982, ISBN 0-87011-253-8 , pp. 190-191 .
  • 千代 女 年表 . Chiyojo No Sato Haikukan,accessed October 28, 2019(Japanese).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 千代 女 . In: ブ リ タ ニ カ 国際 大 百科 事 典 小 項目 事 典 at kotobank.jp. Retrieved October 28, 2019 (Japanese).

Web links

Wikiquote: 加 賀 千代 女  - Quotes (Japanese)
Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus, Kaga is the family name, Chiyojo the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Kaga no Chiyojo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 加 賀 千代 女 (Japanese); Soen (name as a nun); 素 園 (name as a nun, Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1703
PLACE OF BIRTH Hakusan , Kaga Province (now: Ishikawa Prefecture )
DATE OF DEATH October 2, 1775
Place of death Kaga Province