Egyō
Egyō (恵慶, sometimes read Ekei; dates unknown, but probably second half of the tenth century) was a Japanese waka poet of the mid-Heian period. One of his poems was included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. He produced a private collection, the Egyō-hōshi-shū, and was listed as one of the Late Classical Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry.
Biography
Although his exact birth and death dates are unknown, he flourished in the Kanna era in the mid-980s,[1] His name is sometimes read as Ekei.[2]
Poetry
Fifty-six of his poems were included in imperial anthologies from the Shūi Wakashū on,[1][2] and he was included in the Late Classical Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry.[2]
Along with Anpō (安法), he was a central figure of the Kawara-no-in (河原院) poetry circle of his day, and also associated with the poets Ōnakatomi no Yoshinobu, Ki no Tokifumi and Taira no Kanemori.[1]
The following poem by him was included as No. 47 in Fujiwara no Teika's Ogura Hyakunin Isshu:
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He also left a private collection, the Egyō-hōshi-shū (恵慶法師集).[1][2]
Religion
He is supposed to have delivered sermons on the Buddhist sutras at the Kokubun-ji in Harima Province.[1]
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 Egyō's poems in the International Research Center for Japanese Studies's online waka database.
- Egyō-hōshi-shū in the same database.
- Egyō on Kotobank.