Background
Yayu Yokoi was born on October 24, 1701 in Nagoya, Japan. His family are believed to be descendants of Hojo Tokiyuki. Yayu was the first son of Yokoi Tokihira (時衡) who served the Owari Domain.
Uzuragoromo (鶉衣): An anthology of haibun, partially translated in Monumenta Nipponica, vol. 34, no. 3, Autumn 1979.
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Yayu Yokoi was born on October 24, 1701 in Nagoya, Japan. His family are believed to be descendants of Hojo Tokiyuki. Yayu was the first son of Yokoi Tokihira (時衡) who served the Owari Domain.
Yayu Yokoi studied haiku poetry under Hasei Oa and acquired a light and humorous style after the Mino school.
Yayu Yokoi inherited the Yokoi House's patrimony at twenty-six and held important posts of the Owari Domain. He was for example yonin (manager of general affairs), Obangashira (chief of guard) and Jisha-Bugyo (manager of religious affairs). In 1754, at age 53, he retired for health reasons. Yayū moved to Maezu (前津) (now in Naka-ku, Nagoya), and lived in the Chiutei (知雨亭) hermitage. He was a prolific and respected composer of haibun, Classical Chinese poems, waka and Japanese satirical poems, and was an adept of the Japanese tea ceremony.
