Minamoto no Muneyuki (Japanese: 源 宗于 also 源宗于朝臣 Minamoto no Muneyuki Ason) (?-939) was an early
Heian ''
waka
Waka may refer to:
Culture and language
* Waka (canoe), a Polynesian word for canoe; especially, canoes of the Māori of New Zealand
** Waka ama, a Polynesian outrigger canoe
** Waka hourua, a Polynesian ocean-going canoe
** Waka taua, a Māori w ...
'' poet and nobleman. He was a grandson of
Emperor Kōkō
was the 58th emperor of Japan, Imperial Household Agency (''Kunaichō'') 光孝天皇 (58)/ref> according to the traditional order of succession.
Kōkō reigned from 884 to 887.
Traditional narrative
Before the emperor's ascension to the Chr ...
.
In 894 he was reduced to being a commoner, holding a few provincial governships. However, in 939 he was appointed as a magistrate and died shortly after.
He is designated a member of the
Thirty-six Poetry Immortals
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'' ...
, and one of his poems is included in the famous anthology ''
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 compos ...
'' (Poem 28). In total we find 15 of his poems in the Japanese
Imperial anthologies
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...
, 6 of which can be found 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 ...
.
His remaining works include a poetry collection known as the ''Muneyukishū'' (宗于集).
External links
E-text of his poemsin Japanese
Bridge of dreams: the Mary Griggs Burke collection of Japanese art a catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Minamoto no Muneyuki (see index)
References
Japanese poets
Minamoto clan
983 deaths
Year of birth unknown
People of Heian-period Japan
Hyakunin Isshu poets
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