Shun'e
Shun'e (俊恵, also read Sun'e; 1113 – c. 1191), also known as Tayū no Kimi (大夫公), was a Japanese waka poet of the late-Heian period. One of his poems was included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. He produced a private collection, the Rin'yō Wakashū, and was listed as one of the Late Classical Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry.
Name
His Buddhist name is also read Sun'e,[1] and he is also known by the name Tayū no Kimi.[1][2]
Biography
He was born in 1113, the son of Minamoto no Toshiyori.[1][2][3]
He was tutored in waka composition by his father, but after the latter died he appears to have taken monastic orders in Tōdai-ji.[1]
His exact date of death is uncertain,[1][2] but it was likely around 1191.[3]
Poetry
Eighty-three of his poems were included in imperial anthologies, and he was recognized as one of the Late Classical Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry.[3]
He was a poetic mentor to Kamo no Chōmei.[2][3]
The following poem by him was included as No. 85 in Fujiwara no Teika's Ogura Hyakunin Isshu:
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He also left a private collection, the Rin'yō Wakashū (林葉和歌集).[1][2][3]
References
Bibliography
- Keene, Donald (1999). A History of Japanese Literature, Vol. 1: Seeds in the Heart — Japanese Literature from Earliest Times to the Late Sixteenth Century. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-11441-7.
- McMillan, Peter. 2010 (1st ed. 2008). One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each. New York: Columbia University Press.
- Suzuki Hideo, Yamaguchi Shin'ichi, Yoda Yasushi. 2009 (1st ed. 1997). Genshoku: Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. Tokyo: Bun'eidō.
External links
- List of Shun'e's poems in the International Research Center for Japanese Studies's online waka database.
- Rin'yō-shū in the same database.
- Shun'e on Kotobank.