Mizuhara Shūōshi

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Mizuhara Shūōshi

Mizuhara Shūōshi ( Japanese 水 原 秋 櫻子 ; born October 9, 1892 in Sarugaku , Kanda , Tokyo (today: Chiyoda ); † July 17, 1981 ), actually Mizuhara Yutaka ( 水 原 豊 ), was a Japanese doctor and haiku poet. Another pseudonym next to Shūōshi was Kiutei ( 喜 雨亭 ). After this, the day of Shūōshi's death is also called Kiuteiki ( 喜 雨亭 忌 , German "Mourning Day of Kiutei").

Life

Mizuhara Shūōshi was born in the Sarugaku Parish of the former Kanda District of Tokyo City (now the Kanda-Sarugaku Parish in the Chiyoda District ). He was the child of a family of hospital doctors.

He graduated from the Tōkyō Imperial University with a degree in medicine and began studying haiku in the local haiku community.

After completing his studies, he took part in the Haiku magazine Hototogisu published by Takahama Kyoshi in addition to his professional activity as a doctor . Together with Yamaguchi Seishi , Awano Seiho and Takano Sujū he was counted among the so-called "four S" in the magazine's circle, a fact that is based on the common first letter of the four personal names.

Since he, in contrast to the objective description of nature represented by Takahama Kyoshi, represented an emotional literary style, he withdrew from Hototogisu and in 1928 published the Ashibi magazine, which he took over as editor. In 1931 he started the Shinkō-Haiku movement ( 新興 俳 句 運動 , shinkō haiku undō ), which was a counter-movement to the Hototogisu magazine.

He advocated haiku cycles made up of several individual haiku and opposed the omission of the seasonal words. He gave the modern haiku a new, emotional expression.

In Germany

In the Japanese Garden of Bayer AG in Leverkusen there is a stone with a haiku by Mizuhara: 「花 の 下 に や ま ひ を 救 ふ 手 を 組 ま む」.

Haiku collections (selection)

  • Katsushika ( 葛 飾 ), " Katsushika " (place of publication of Ashibi magazine), April 1930.
  • Mizuhara Shūōshi Kushū ( 水 原 秋 桜 子句 集 ), "MS - collection of poems", December 1931.
  • Shinju ( 新 樹 ), “Freshly green tree”, December 1933.
  • Shūen ( 秋 苑 ), “Autumn Garden”, September 1935.
  • Ganshō ( 岩礁 ), “ Rock Reef ”, December 1937.
  • Ashikari ( 蘆 刈 ), “ Reed Cutting ”, December 1939.
  • Kokyō ( 古 鏡 ), "Old Mirror", February 1942.
  • Bandai ( 磐 梯 ), “Bandai” (location), November 1943.
  • Chōyō ( 重陽 ), "Chrysanthemum Festival ", April 1948.
  • Sōrin ( 霜 林 ), "Grove in Rime", December 1950.
  • Zanshō ( 残 鐘 ), "Glockennachhall", December 1952.
  • Kishin ( 帰 心 ), “Homesickness”, December 1954.

literature

  • Shinmura Izuru (Ed.): Kōjien . 4th edition Iwanami shoten, Tōkyō 1991.
  • Kanaoka Shōji (Ed.): Shintei kokugo sōran . 3rd edition Kyōto shobō, Kyōto 2004.

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Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Mizuhara is the family name, Shūōshi the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Mizuhara, Shūōshi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 水 原 秋 櫻子 (Japanese); 水 原 秋 桜 子 (Japanese); Mizuhara Yutaka (real name); 水 原 豊 (Japanese, real name); Kiutei (pseudonym); 喜 雨亭 (Japanese, pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese doctor and haiku poet
DATE OF BIRTH October 9, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Sarugaku , Kanda Tokyo (today: Chiyoda )
DATE OF DEATH 17th July 1981