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Rokkasen
The are six Japanese poets of the mid-ninth century who were named by Ki no Tsurayuki in the ''kana'' and ''mana'' prefaces to the poetry anthology ''Kokin wakashū'' (c. 905–14) as notable poets of the generation before its compilers. History of the term In their original appearance in the prefaces of the ''Kokin wakashū'', the six ''rokkasen'' are not actually referred to with this term. There are numerous phrases that show the conceptualization of these six as a cohesive group, but the term "Rokkasen" first appeared in an early Kamakura-period commentary on ''Kokin wakashū'', titled ''Sanryūshō'' 三流抄. Members The members of the ''rokkasen'', and their total poems in ''Kokin wakashū,'' are as follows: *Ōtomo no Kuronushi, 3 poems *Ono no Komachi, 18 poems *Ariwara no Narihira, 30 poems *Kisen Hōshi, 1 poem * Sōjō Henjō, 17 poems *Fun'ya no Yasuhide, 1 poem Tsurayuki's Criticism In his prefaces to the anthology ''Kokin wakashū'', Ki no Tsurayuki first pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ono No Komachi
was a Japanese waka poet, one of the ''Rokkasen'' — the six best waka poets of the early Heian period. She was renowned for her unusual beauty, and ''Komachi'' is today a synonym for feminine beauty in Japan. She also counts among the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals. Life Almost nothing of Komachi's life is known for certain, save for the names of various men with whom she engaged in romantic affairs and whose poetry exchanges with her are preserved in the ''Kokin Wakashū''. She was probably born between 820 and 830, and she was most active in composing poetry around the middle of the ninth century. Extensive study has gone into trying to ascertain her place of birth, her family and so on, but without conclusive results. The Edo-period scholar Arai Hakuseki advanced the theory that there was more than one woman named Komachi and that the legends about her referred to different people. This theory was later expanded to conjecture that there were four "Komachis"., citing I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōtomo No Kuronushi
was a Japanese poet, one of the ''Rokkasen'', the "Six Poetic Geniuses" described in the ''Kokin Wakashū The , commonly abbreviated as , is an early anthology of the ''waka'' form of Japanese poetry, dating from the Heian period. An imperial anthology, it was conceived by Emperor Uda () and published by order of his son Emperor Daigo () in about ...'', a classical poetic anthology. He is one of the six poets laureate. His poems suggest strong influence from his close ties with the lands of Ōmi and Shiga. According to the "Mumyosho", collected articles on poetics authored by Kamo-no-Chomei, Kuronushi ascended to the status of a god and was enshrined as a "Myojin" god in the Shiga Province of Ōmi. In one account, he is the same person as Otomo-no-Suguri-Kuronushi who was mentioned in the ministerial bulletin of 866 (Jogan 8). Ōtomo-no-Suguri is a clan seated at Ōtomo Village in the Shiga Province of the Ōmi Domain. References *Papinot, Edmond (1910). ''Historical a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kisen Hōshi
was an early Heian period Buddhist monk and ''waka'' poet. Little is known about his life other than that he lived in . When Ki no Tsurayuki wrote the of the '' Kokinshū'', he selected Kisen as one of the whose work was to be considered as superior. Tsurayuki says the following to comment on Kisen's work: Kisen is sometimes said to be the author of the poetry collection , also known as the , but it is probably apocryphal and created well after the end of the Heian period The is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. It followed the Nara period, beginning when the 50th emperor, Emperor Kanmu, moved the capital of Japan to Heian-kyō (modern Kyoto). means "peace" in Japanese. .... The following two are the only poems that can be confidently traced back to him: References *This article is based on material from the equivalent article in the Japanese Wikipedia. Japanese poets People of Heian-period Japan Year of birth un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henjō
, better known as , was Japanese waka poet and Buddhist priest. In the poetry anthology ''Kokin Wakashū'', he is listed as one of the six notable waka poets and one of the thirty-six immortals of poetry. Biography Munesada was the eighth son of Dainagon , who was a son of Emperor Kanmu, relegated to civilian life. He began his career as a courtier, and was later appointed to the position of ' to Emperor Ninmyō. In 849 he was raised to the . After Emperor Nimmyō died in 850, Munesada became a monk due to his grief, taking the religious name ''Henjō'' (literally “Universally Illuminated”). He was a priest of the Tendai school. In 877 Munesada founded in Yamashina, in the southeast part of Kyoto, but continued to be active in court politics. In 869 he was given another temple, , in the north of Kyoto and managed both temples. In 885 he was ranked high priest and was called . He was rumored to have had a love affair with the famous female poet Ono no Komachi. Thirty-fiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fun'ya No Yasuhide
was an early Heian period poet, included in the Rokkasen and in the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals. He attained upper sixth rank. In the ''Kokin Wakashū, Kokinshūs Kanajo (Japanese preface), Yasuhide is described as "Yasuhide used words skillfully, but his words do not match the content. His poetry is like a merchant dressed up in elegant clothes." Five of his poems are included in the ''Kokinshū'' and one of his poems is included in the ''Goshūi wakashū''. He was involved in a relationship with Ono no Komachi and it is even said that when he received his appointment to Mikawa, he invited her to go with him. His son was the poet Fun'ya no Asayasu. References People of Heian-period Japan Japanese male poets 880s deaths Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown 9th-century Japanese poets Hyakunin Isshu poets {{japan-poet-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thirty-Six Immortals Of Poetry
The are a group of Japanese poets of the Asuka, Nara, and Heian periods selected by Fujiwara no Kintō as exemplars of Japanese poetic ability. The oldest surviving collection of the 36 poets' works is ''Nishi Honganji Sanju-rokunin Kashu'' ("Nishi Honganji 36 poets collection") of 1113. Similar groups of Japanese poets include the Kamakura period ''Nyōbō Sanjūrokkasen'' (女房三十六歌仙), composed by court ladies exclusively, and the , or Thirty-Six Heian-era Immortals of Poetry, selected by (1107–1165). This list superseded an older group called the Six Immortals of Poetry. Sets of portraits (essentially imaginary) of the group were popular in Japanese painting and later woodblock prints, and often hung in temples. Kintō's Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry # Kakinomoto no Hitomaro # Ki no Tsurayuki # Ōshikōchi Mitsune # Lady Ise # Ōtomo no Yakamochi # Yamabe no Akahito # Ariwara no Narihira # Henjō # Sosei # Ki no Tomonori # Sarumaru no Taifu # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ariwara No Narihira
was a Japanese courtier and ''waka'' poet of the early Heian period. He was named one of both the Six Poetic Geniuses and the Thirty-Six Poetic Geniuses, and one of his poems was included in the ''Ogura Hyakunin Isshu'' collection. He is also known as Zai Go-Chūjō, Zai Go, Zai Chūjō or Mukashi-Otoko. There are 87 poems attributed to Narihira in court anthologies, though some attributions are dubious. Narihira's poems are exceptionally ambiguous; the compilers of the 10th-century ''Kokin Wakashū'' thus treated them to relatively long headnotes. Narihira's many renowned love affairs have exerted a profound influence on later Japanese culture. Legends have held that he had affairs with the high priestess of the Ise Grand Shrine and the poet Ono no Komachi, and that he fathered Emperor Yōzei. His love affairs inspired ''The Tales of Ise'', and he has ever since been a model of the handsome, amorous nobleman. Biography Birth and ancestry Ariwara no Narihira was b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Literature
Japanese literature throughout most of its history has been influenced by cultural contact with neighboring Asian literatures, most notably China and its literature. Early texts were often written in pure Classical Chinese or , a Chinese-Japanese creole language. Indian literature also had an influence through the spread of Buddhism in Japan. During the Heian period, Japan's original culture () developed and literature also established its own style, with the significant usage and development of to write Japanese literature. Following the Perry Expedition which led to the end of the policy and the forced reopening of foreign trade, Western literature has also made influences to the development of modern Japanese writers, while Japanese literature has in turn become more recognized internationally, leading to two Japanese Nobel laureates in literature, namely Yasunari Kawabata and Kenzaburō Ōe. History Nara-period literature (before 794) Before the introduction of kanji f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lists Of Poets
This is an alphabetical list of internationally notable poets. A Ab–Ak *Aarudhra (1925–1968), Indian Telugu poet, born Bhagavatula Sadasiva Sankara Sastry * Jonathan Aaron (born 1941), US poet * Chris Abani (born 1966), Nigerian poet * Henry Abbey (1842–1911), US poet *Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (1872–1958), US poet and fiction writer * Siôn Abel (fl. 18th c.), Welsh balladeer *Lascelles Abercrombie (1881–1938), English poet and literary critic * Arthur Talmage Abernethy (1872–1956), US journalist, minister, scholar; first North Carolina Poet Laureate * Sam Abrams (born 1935), US poet, editor and critic * Seth Abramson (born 1976), US poet * Kosta Abrašević (1879–1898), Serbian poet *Dannie Abse (1923–2014), Welsh poet in English *Kathy Acker (1947–1997), US experimental novelist, punk poet and playwright *Diane Ackerman (born 1948), US author, poet and naturalist * Duane Ackerson (1942–2020), US writer of speculative poetry and fiction *Milton Acorn (1923 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waka (poetry)
is a type of poetry in classical Japanese literature. Although ''waka'' in modern Japanese is written as , in the past it was also written as (see Wa, an old name for Japan), and a variant name is . Etymology The word ''waka'' has two different but related meanings: the original meaning was "poetry in Japanese" and encompassed several genres such as ''chōka'' and ''sedōka'' (discussed below); the later, more common definition refers to poetry in a 5-7-5-7-7 metre. Up to and during the compilation of the ''Man'yōshū'' in the eighth century, the word ''waka'' was a general term for poetry composed in Japanese, and included several genres such as , , and . However, by the time of the '' Kokinshūs compilation at the beginning of the tenth century, all of these forms except for the ''tanka'' and ''chōka'' had effectively gone extinct, and ''chōka'' had significantly diminished in prominence. As a result, the word ''waka'' became effectively synonymous with ''tanka'', and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ogura Hyakunin Isshu
is a classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese ''waka'' by one hundred poets. ''Hyakunin isshu'' can be translated to "one hundred people, one poem ach; it can also refer to the card game of ''uta-garuta'', which uses a deck composed of cards based on the ''Hyakunin Isshu''. The most famous and standard version was compiled by Fujiwara no Teika (1162–1241) while he lived in the Ogura district of Kyoto. It is therefore also known as . Compilation One of Teika's diaries, the ''Meigetsuki'' (明月記), says that his son Tameie asked him to arrange one hundred poems for Tameie's father-in-law, Utsunomiya Yoritsuna, who was furnishing a residence near Mount Ogura; hence the full name of ''Ogura Hyakunin Isshu''. In order to decorate screens of the residence, Fujiwara no Teika produced the calligraphy poem sheets. Hishikawa Moronobu (1618–1694) provided woodblock portraits for each of the poets included in the anthology. Katsukawa Shunshō (1726–1793) designed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
