| For Haiku, he rejected all common, hackneyed phrases and while he highly praised Basho's poetic sentiment, discovering forgotten poets like Buson after sifting through Edo era literature was seen as his achievement. |
俳句においてはいわゆる月並俳諧の陳腐を否定し、芭蕉の詩情を高く評価する一方、江戸期の文献を漁って蕪村のように忘れられていた俳人を発掘するなどの功績が見られる。 |