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| {{nihongo|'''Ayukai Morimitsu'''|鮎貝 盛光|Ayukai Morimitsu|16 December 1861 - 16 December 1903}}, better known by the pseudonym {{nihongo|'''Ochiai Naobumi'''|落合 直文|Ochiai Naobumi}}, was a ]ese ] poet and scholar of ] of the ]. He was the biological elder brother of the ] scholar Ayukai Fusanoshin. | {{nihongo|'''Ayukai Morimitsu'''|鮎貝 盛光|Ayukai Morimitsu|16 December 1861 - 16 December 1903}}, better known by the pseudonym {{nihongo|'''Ochiai Naobumi'''|落合 直文|Ochiai Naobumi}}, was a ]ese ] poet and scholar of ] of the ]. He was the biological elder brother of the ] scholar Ayukai Fusanoshin. | ||
| ==Biography== | |||
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| Ochiai was born as the second son to Ayukai Taro Tairamorifusa, a high-ranking ] of the ], in ], ]. From the ages 11 to 13, he studied, among other things, ] (Chinese studies), at the Sendai Private School, and in 1874 was adopted by the ] scholar Ochiai Naoaki. His adopted father's research took him ], where he studied in the Jingu Kyoin (later to become ]). | |||
| In 1881, he moved to ], and the following year entered the School of Literature at ]. In 1884 he dropped out, and began three years of military service. | |||
| From 1889 onward, he taught at various academic institutions including Dai-ichi Koto Chugakko and the Tokyo Senmon Gakko (the predecessor to modern ]). One of his students at the Dai-ichi Koko Chugakko was the tanka poet and ] ]. | |||
| In 1889, he joined ] in forming the literary society Shinsei Sha, and in August of that year they jointly translated and published the poetry anthology ''Omokage'' which was to have a significant impact on contemporary Japanese poetry. He formed another literary society, the Asaka Society, in 1893. | |||
| ==Legacy== | ==Legacy== | ||
| ] called him "he first distinctively new poet of the Meiji period" but commented that while he attempted to update ] for the modern era, his attempts were "halfhearted".<ref>{{cite book|last=Keene|first=Donald|author-link=Donald Keene|year=1999|title=A History of Japanese Literature: Volume 4: Dawn to the West — Japanese Literature of the Modern Era (Poetry, Drama, Criticism)|place=New York|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=978-0-2311-1439-4|page=12}}</ref> | ] called him "he first distinctively new poet of the Meiji period" but commented that while he attempted to update ] for the modern era, his attempts were "halfhearted".<ref>{{cite book|last=Keene|first=Donald|author-link=Donald Keene|year=1999|title=A History of Japanese Literature: Volume 4: Dawn to the West — Japanese Literature of the Modern Era (Poetry, Drama, Criticism)|place=New York|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=978-0-2311-1439-4|page=12}}</ref> | ||
| The Ochiai Naobumi National Tanka Contest is named after him. | The Ochiai Naobumi National Tanka Contest is named after him.{{citation needed}} | ||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
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Ayukai Morimitsu (鮎貝 盛光, Ayukai Morimitsu, 16 December 1861 - 16 December 1903), better known by the pseudonym Ochiai Naobumi (落合 直文, Ochiai Naobumi), was a Japanese tanka poet and scholar of Japanese literature of the Meiji Era. He was the biological elder brother of the Korean scholar Ayukai Fusanoshin.
Legacy
Donald Keene called him "he first distinctively new poet of the Meiji period" but commented that while he attempted to update tanka for the modern era, his attempts were "halfhearted".
The Ochiai Naobumi National Tanka Contest is named after him.
References
- Keene, Donald (1999). A History of Japanese Literature: Volume 4: Dawn to the West — Japanese Literature of the Modern Era (Poetry, Drama, Criticism). New York: Columbia University Press. p. 12. ISBN 978-0-2311-1439-4.
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