Saitō Ryokuu

In thisJapanese name,thesurnameisSaitō.

Saitō Ryokuu

Saitō Masaru(Trai đằng hiền,24 January 1868 – 13 April 1904),better known by his pen nameSaitō Ryokuu(Trai đằng lục vũ),was a Japanese author and critic who lived during theMeiji Era.HisDharma namewasShungyōin Ryokuu Suikaku Koji( xuân hiểu viện lục vũ tỉnh khách cư sĩ ), which was chosen byKōda Rohan.

Biography

In 1896, withMori Ōgai(Sâm âu ngoại)andKōda Rohan(Hạnh điền lộ bạn),Ryokuu started a literary journal,Mezamashi gusa(めさまし thảo)in whichTakekurabe(たけくらべ)byHiguchi Ichiyō(Thông khẩu nhất diệp)was met with high critical acclaim. After Ichiyō died on November of that year, Ryokuu helped her mother and sister make a living although he was far from being well-off. His literary friends includeKōtoku Shūsui(Hạnh đức thu thủy),Baba Kochō(Mã tràng cô điệp)andYosano Tekkan(Dữ tạ dã thiết càn).

Ryokuu was a distinguished aphorist, as well as one of the most outspoken critics. Collections of his aphorisms were published in the late 20th century.

In 1904, thetuberculosiswhich had plagued Ryokuu for years worsened, and no medical care helped him recuperate. On his deathbed, he referred Ichiyō's diaries, which he had hoped to publish, to Baba Kochō, and dictated him his own obituary. He died in the morning of 13 April of the same year.

See also

• Japanese literature
• List of Japanese writers
• Writers from Japan

External links

• Tác gia biệt tác phẩm リスト: Trai đằng lục vũAozora Bunkopage for Saitō Ryokuu