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.
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]
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:
Japanese text [3] | Romanized Japanese [4] | English translation [5] |
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He also left a private collection, the Egyō-hōshi-shū (恵慶法師集). [1] [2]
He is supposed to have delivered sermons on the Buddhist sutras at the Kokubun-ji in Harima Province. [1]
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.
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]
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:
Japanese text [3] | Romanized Japanese [4] | English translation [5] |
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He also left a private collection, the Egyō-hōshi-shū (恵慶法師集). [1] [2]
He is supposed to have delivered sermons on the Buddhist sutras at the Kokubun-ji in Harima Province. [1]