On New Year's Day, five years before the death of Shiki Masaoka, a haiku poet representing the Meiji era, a new phrase was found describing his own appetite. Experts point out that he may have been showing off his health to those around him while lying face down on his bed.
What I found new was a haiku poem by Shiki Masaoka called "Goken ni Ten Mikan no Kutsukusu".
Shiki, who was known for his love of fruits, ate 10 mandarin oranges while recuperating from tuberculosis, and may have improvised a poem about his own appetite.
It is written in a kind of directory for New Year's visitors called the "New Year's Book" in the house where Shiki spent his entire life, and it is believed to be dated January 5, Meiji 30, five years before his death.
Professor Emeritus Ichiro Fusumoto of Kanagawa University, who conducted the survey, discovered a new phrase from materials deposited at the Shikian Preservation Society in Tokyo, and Professor Emeritus Fusumoto said, "It is a valuable phrase that shows Shiki's appetite and love of fruits, and he may have been showing off his health to those around him."
Along with the phrase, a picture of an ice mandarin orange representing himself lying face down on his sickbed is also drawn, and from the handwriting, it seems that all of them are handwritten by Shiki.
The "New Year's Book" with the new phrase will be released on Saturdays and Sundays of next month and from the 16th to the 24th of next month at "Shiki-an" in Taito-ku, Tokyo.