Masaoka Shiki

Masaoka Shiki
Masaoka Shiki c. 1900
BornOctober 14, 1867[1]
Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan[1]
DiedSeptember 19, 1902 (age 34)
Tokyo, Japan
Occupation(s)Writer, journalist
ParentMasaoka Tsunenao
In this Japanese name, the surname is Masaoka.

Masaoka Shiki (正岡 子規, October 14, 1867 – September 19, 1902), pen-name of Masaoka Noboru (正岡 升),[2] was a Japanese poet, author, and literary critic in Meiji period Japan. Shiki is regarded as a major figure in the development of modern haiku poetry,[3] credited with writing nearly 20,000 stanzas during his short life.[4] He also wrote on reform of tanka poetry.[5]

Some consider Shiki to be one of the four great haiku masters, the others being Matsuo Bashō, Yosa Buson, and Kobayashi Issa.[6][7]

  1. ^ a b Beichman, p. 2
  2. ^ Natsume Sōseki (1974). Ten nights of dream, Hearing things, The heredity of taste. Tuttle. p. 11.
  3. ^ Beichman, Preface, p. i
  4. ^ Masaoka, Shiki (1940). Takahama, Kyoshi (ed.). 子規句集 Shiki Kushuu [Shiki Haiku Collection] (in Japanese). Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten (published 1993). p. 4. 原句は凡そ二万句足らずある中から見るものの便をはかって、二千三百六句を選んだ。
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference tankaref was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Burton Watson (1997). "Introduction". Masaoka Shiki: selected poems. Columbia University Press. p. 5. ISBN 9780231110914.
  7. ^ Higginson, William J. (1985). "The Four Great Masters of Japanese Haiku". The Haiku Handbook: How to Write, Share, and Teach Haiku. Tokyo: Kodansha International (published 1989). pp. 7–24.