Collection Exhibition
Ogiwara Well Spring
Tuesday, November 2023, 7 – Sunday, February 25, 2023
Tuesday, July 25, 2023 – Sunday, October 1, 2023
Ikegami Hyakuchiku-tei Collection
The Ikegami Hyakuchikutei Collection is a collection of 1890 items, mainly modern literary materials, collected by Matsumoto City's literary man Ikegami Kisaku (pen name Hyakuchikutei, 1978-221).
This time, we will introduce the works of haiku poet Ogiwara Seisen-sui.
Ogiwara Seisensui (1884-1976) was initially influenced by Masaoka Shiki and others, and later participated in the new haiku movement led by Kawahigashi Hekigoto. Although he later parted ways with Hekigoto, he produced works with a free and diverse style that was not bound by the typical five-seven-five format, and was active as a central writer of free verse haiku.
Izumi Izumi was born in Tokyo, but his father was from Ikeda Town, Kitaazumi County, Nagano Prefecture, and his wife was from what is now Ueda City, Nagano Prefecture, so he was also a writer with ties to Shinshu.
He met Kisaku Ikegami in 1930. From 5 onwards, he visited Matsumoto almost every year and developed a strong friendship with him.
The collection includes many of Ise-sui's works and related materials.