Shun'e

{{Short description|Japanese poet (1113 – c. 1191)}}

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{{nihongo|Shun'e|俊恵||extra=also read Sun'e; 1113 – c. 1191}}, also known as {{nihongo|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,Britannica Kokusai Dai-hyakkajiten article "Shun'e". 2007. Britannica Japan Co. and he is also known by the name Tayū no Kimi.Digital Daijisen entry "Shun'e". Shogakukan.

Biography

He was born in 1113, the son of Minamoto no Toshiyori.McMillan 2010 : 147 (note 85). His maternal grandfather was Fujiwara no Atsutaka.{{sfnm|1a1=Nishimura|1y=1983|1p=267}} He was tutored in waka composition by his father, but after the latter died he appears to have taken monastic orders in Tōdai-ji. His exact date of death is uncertain, but it was likely around 1191.

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.

He was a poetic mentor to Kamo no Chōmei.

The following poem by him was included as No. 85 in Fujiwara no Teika's Ogura Hyakunin Isshu:

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|Japanese textSuzuki et al. 2009 : 107.

Romanized JapaneseMcMillan 2010 : 172.English translationMcMillan 2010 : 87.
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:夜もすがら

:もの思ふころは

:明けやらで

:閨のひまさへ

:つれなかりけり

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:Yomosugara

:mono-omou koro wa

:akeyarade

:neya no hima sae

:tsurenakarikeri

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:The only relief from the pain

:of waiting all night long

:for a lover who does not come

:would be the break of day,

:but even gaps in the shutters

:are too cruel to let in the light of dawn.

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He also left a private collection, the {{nihongo|Rin'yō Wakashū|林葉和歌集}}.

References

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  • {{cite book

| last = Keene

| first = Donald

| authorlink = Donald Keene

| title = A History of Japanese Literature, Vol. 1: Seeds in the Heart — Japanese Literature from Earliest Times to the Late Sixteenth Century

| publisher = Columbia University Press

| location = New York

| year = 1999

| isbn = 978-0-231-11441-7

}}

  • McMillan, Peter. 2010 (1st ed. 2008). One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each. New York: Columbia University Press.
  • {{cite book

|last = Nishimura

|first = Kayoko

|author-link = Kayoko Nishimura

|chapter = Fujiwara no Atsutaka

|script-chapter = ja:藤原敦隆

|pages = 267

|title = Nihon Koten Bungaku Daijiten

|script-title = ja:日本古典文学大辞典

|language = Japanese

|year = 1983

|volume = 5

|location = Tokyo

|publisher = Iwanami Shoten

|oclc = 11917421

}}

  • Suzuki Hideo, Yamaguchi Shin'ichi, Yoda Yasushi. 2009 (1st ed. 1997). Genshoku: Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. Tokyo: Bun'eidō.

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