Matsunaga Teitoku (松永 貞徳, 1570-1653) was a Japanese haikai and waka poet. As a teacher of Teimon Haikai, he spread haikai throughout Japan. He was considered by R H Blyth to be the most important of Matsuo Bashō's predecessors.[1]
Teitoku played a significant role in regularising the rules for Haikai, and in raising its importance and status as a genre.[2] He specialised in elegant wordplay, and in subject-matter reflecting the Chinese classics and waka.[3]
Through his disciples in the Teimon school, he influenced succeeding generations of haiku poets: thus for example Bashō's first haiku teacher, Kigin, came from his school.[4]
Criticismedit
Teitoku's approach was criticised by the Danrin school for shallowness and excessive wordplay.[5] One member, Bashō himself, is reported to have said of its founder, Nishiyama Sōin, that, if not for him, "we would still be licking the slaver of aged Teitoku".[6]
^Nobuyuki Yuasa trans., The Narrow Road to the Deep North (1983) p. 24
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Matsunaga Teitoku
January 01, 1970
matsunaga, teitoku, 松永, 貞徳, 1570, 1653, japanese, haikai, waka, poet, teacher, teimon, haikai, spread, haikai, throughout, japan, considered, blyth, most, important, matsuo, bashō, predecessors, 松永, 貞徳born1571died1654other, names長頭丸, tyōzumaru, 逍遊軒, syōyūken, . Matsunaga Teitoku 松永 貞徳 1570 1653 was a Japanese haikai and waka poet As a teacher of Teimon Haikai he spread haikai throughout Japan He was considered by R H Blyth to be the most important of Matsuo Bashō s predecessors 1 Matsunaga Teitoku松永 貞徳Born1571Died1654Other names長頭丸 Tyōzumaru 逍遊軒 Syōyuken EraEdo periodChildrenMatsunaga SekigoParentMatsunaga Eisyu father Contents 1 Achievements 2 Criticism 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksAchievements editTeitoku played a significant role in regularising the rules for Haikai and in raising its importance and status as a genre 2 He specialised in elegant wordplay and in subject matter reflecting the Chinese classics and waka 3 Through his disciples in the Teimon school he influenced succeeding generations of haiku poets thus for example Bashō s first haiku teacher Kigin came from his school 4 Criticism editTeitoku s approach was criticised by the Danrin school for shallowness and excessive wordplay 5 One member Bashō himself is reported to have said of its founder Nishiyama Sōin that if not for him we would still be licking the slaver of aged Teitoku 6 See also editAlexander PopeReferences edit R H Blyth A History of Haiku Vol I 1963 p 67 R H Blyth A History of Haiku Vol I 1963 p 67 Nobuyuki Yuasa trans The Narrow Road to the Deep North 1983 p 17 Nobuyuki Yuasa trans The Narrow Road to the Deep North 1983 p 20 1 Makoto Ueda Matsuo Bashō 1982 p 38 40 Nobuyuki Yuasa trans The Narrow Road to the Deep North 1983 p 24External links editMatsunaga Teitoku Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Matsunaga Teitoku amp oldid 1175993840, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
