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Suzuki Bokushi (鈴木牧之) was a Japanese essayist (author of zuihitsu) in the Edo period.

Biography

The Japanese zuihitsu writer known as Suzuki Bokushi was born on the 29th day of the first month in the 7th year of Meiwa (22 February 1770 in the Gregorian calendar),^[1] in the area that is now Shiozawa in Minamiuonuma, Niigata.^[2]^[a]

In his youth, he was known by the infanthood name [ja] Yatarō (弥太郎),^[1] His true name in adulthood was Gisōji (儀三治),^[1] and his haigō [ja] was Shūgetsuan Bokushi (秋月庵牧之).^[1] The pen name Boku-shi was adopted upon his genpuku ceremony when he was in his sixteenth year,^[1] taking the first character (牧) of his father's haigō Boku-sui (牧水).^[1]

He died on the 15th day of the fifth month of the 13th year of Tenpō (23 June 1842).^[1]

Textual tradition

Notes

^ Minoru Takahashi [ja], in his article on Bokushi for the 1983 Nihon Koten Bungaku Daijiten, gives Bokushi's birthplace as being in Shiozawa, Niigata,^[1] which was merged into the larger city in 2005.

References

Citations

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Takahashi 1983, p. 550.
^ Minamiuonuma 2016.

Works cited

Minamiuonuma (2016). "知りたいことがきっとある、南魚沼。鈴木牧之記念館".
Takahashi, Minoru (1983). "Suzuki Bokushi" 鈴木牧師. Nihon Koten Bungaku Daijiten 日本古典文学大辞典 (in Japanese). Vol. 3. Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten. p. 550. OCLC 11917421.

[Category:Japanese essayists]] [ja:鈴木牧之]]

[3] Minoru Takahashi [ja], in his article on Bokushi for the 1983 Nihon Koten Bungaku Daijiten, gives Bokushi's birthplace as being in Shiozawa, Niigata,^[1] which was merged into the larger city in 2005.

[FOOTNOTETakahashi1983550-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Takahashi 1983, p. 550.

[FOOTNOTEMinamiuonuma2016-2] Minamiuonuma 2016.

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