Saishū Onoe (尾上 柴舟) (20 August, 1876 – 1, January, 1957) was the pen name of Hachirō Onoe (尾上 八郎), a Japanese tanka poet, educator, and calligrapher.

Biography

After finishing Tokyo Imperial University in 1901, after teaching at Tetsugaku-kan, Onoe professed at the early days of Ochanomizu Women's College (then Tokyo Women's Higher Normal School (東京女子高等師範学校), and Waseda University at its Department of Education (then Waseda University Higher Normal School (早稲田大学高等師範部),{{Efn|The Official Gazette records in 1918 (Taisho 7th) that Onoe was transferred. to be a professor at Gakushuin Women's University(then {{Nihongo|Gakushuin for Girls|女子学習院}}. Onoe also taught at the 6th Temporary Teacher Vocational School. Saishū wrote a poetry column for the magazine Shinsei ("New Voices"). He also founded the Shazensō-sha ("Plantain Society") in 1905, which stressed clarity, simplicity, and capturing ordinary experiences in poetry. This was in reaction to the style of the tanka poets associated with Myōjō magazine (such as Yosano Akiko) which emphasized the passionate side of human nature. Members of the Shazensō-sha included the noted Naturalist tanka poets Wakayama Bokusui and Maeda Yūgure, a pupil of Onoe Saishū.

Exhibitions

Post humous exhibition was held in Ginza in 1957. It was followed by the anniversary exhibitions at the 100th and 130th year after Onoe's birth, or in 1975 and in 2006 respectively with catalogs published.

Private collection

Onoe was a collector of historical calligraphic works, including:

Honor

Received the Second Order of the Sacred Treasure on April 23, 1939 (Shōwa 14).

Publications

Calligraphy

Textbooks

Hachiro Onoe (1955–1956). Calligraphy Introductory Course, Iwasaki Shoten, an anthology. Co-edited:

Literature

Translated works

Exhibition catalogs