Ki no Kaion

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Ki no Kaion ( Japanese 紀 海 音 , real name: Enami Kiemon ( 榎 並 善 右衛門 ); * 1663 in Ōsaka ; † October 31, 1742 ) was a Japanese writer. As a haiku poet, he used the pseudonym Teiin ( 貞 因 )

Ki no Kaion was born into a family of traders. His father Enami Zenemon, who ran a confectionery shop, and his older brother, Yuensai Teiryū , were well-known haikai and kyōka poets in their day , and his younger brother was a haiku poet. In his youth, Ki no Kaion was a Buddhist monk for several years; he left the monastery to become a doctor. He also studied Japanese literature with Keichū and haikai with Yasuhara Teihitsu . Around 1705 he became the most important author of the Bunraku puppet theater Toyotake-za ( 豊 竹 座 ) in Osaka , founded in 1703 by his friend Toyotake Wakatayū , a former student of Takemoto Gidayū . In addition to his work as a playwright for Toyotake-za , he also worked there as a Tatesakusha (a kind of director).

The first play he wrote for the theater in 1702 was called Keisei futogorogo . The last known of his dramas was Keisei Mugen no Kane , which was performed in 1723. By 1723, when he retired from the theater world to devote himself to family business, he had written more than 50 puppet shows ( Jōruri ), some of which were later adapted for the Kabuki theater. He emulated Chikamatsu Monzaemon with his pieces , but did not reach its level in language and sophistication. Like Chikamatsu, he wrote both historical dramas and sewamono. In the following years until 1836, when he retired to the monastery, he worked as a successful Kyōka and haiku poet.

Works (selection)

  • Onikage musashiabumi ( 鬼 鹿 毛 無 佐志 鐙 )
  • Kamakura sandaiki　( 鎌倉 三代 記 )
  • Shinjū futatsu haraobi　( 心中二 ツ 腹 帯 )
  • Wankyū sue no matsuyama ( 椀 久 末 松山 )
  • Yaoya Oshichi koi hizakura ( 八百 屋 お 七 恋 緋 桜 )
  • Tomihito Shinnō Saga nishiki
  • Keisei mumonshō
  • Shinoda no mori onna uranai

literature

  • Samuel L. Leader: New Kabuki Encyclopedia. A Revised Adaptation of Kabuki Jiten . Greenwood Press, Westport Connecticut and London, 1997, ISBN 0-313-29288-4 , p. 326.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 紀 海 音 . In: 朝日 日本 歴 史 人物 事 典 at kotobank.jp. Retrieved December 19, 2011 (Japanese).
  2. ↑ a b c Sen'ichi Hisamatsu: Biographical Dictionary of Japanese Literature . 3. Edition. Kodansha International, Tokyo 1982, ISBN 0-87011-253-8 , pp. 200-201 .
  3. ^ Louis Frédéric : Japan Encyclopedia . Harvard University Press, 2002, ISBN 0-674-00770-0 , pp. 523 (English, limited preview in the Google book search - French: Japon, dictionnaire et civilization . Translated by Käthe Roth).
personal data
SURNAME Ki no Kaion
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 紀 海 音 (Japanese); Enami Kiemnon (real name); 榎 並 善 右衛門 (real name, Japanese); Teiin (pseudonym); 貞 因 (pseudonym, Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1663
PLACE OF BIRTH Osaka
DATE OF DEATH October 31, 1742