Fujiwara no Kiyosuke
Fujiwara no Kiyosuke (
He was the second[6] son of Akisuke (
Poetry
[edit]The following poem by him was included as No. 84 in Fujiwara no Teika's Ogura Hyakunin Isshu:
Japanese text[5] | Romanized Japanese[7] | English translation[8] |
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He was a member of the conservative Rokujō school of poetic composition, and Donald Keene has called him a "mediocre poet".[9] Suzuki et al., however, say that his brilliant poetry scholarship put him at the top of the waka world in his day.[10]
He was one of the first to apply rules of choosing themes, participants and judges in the uta-awase poetry gatherings.[11] His standards of judging poetry, made him a rival of Fujiwara no Shunzei.[12]
About 1165, Emperor Nijō commissioned him to compile a waka anthology, which became the Shoku Shika Wakashū (
Scholarship
[edit]Kiyosuke is known primarily as the author of the Fukuro Zōshi (
References
[edit]- ^ a b Keene 1999 : 250.
- ^ a b c MyPedia article "Fujiwara no Kiyosuke". 2007. Hitachi Systems & Services.
- ^ a b c Britannica Kokusai Dai-hyakkajiten article "Fujiwara no Kiyosuke". 2007. Britannica Japan Co.
- ^ a b c Digital Daijisen entry "Fujiwara no Kiyosuke". Shogakukan.
- ^ a b Suzuki et al. 2009 : 106.
- ^ a b c d McMillan 2010 : 147 (note 84).
- ^ McMillan 2010 : 172.
- ^ McMillan 2010 : 86.
- ^ a b Keene 1999 : 337 (note 154).
- ^ Suzuki et al. 2009 : 106 "
歌学 にすぐれ、当時 の歌壇 の第一人者 となる。" - ^ Keene 1999 : 648.
- ^ Keene 1999 : 649-650.
- ^ a b c Keene 1999 : 319.
- ^ Britannica Kokusai Dai-hyakkajiten article "Fukuro Zōshi". 2007. Britannica Japan Co.
- ^ Digital Daijisen entry "Fukuro Zōshi". Shogakukan.
- ^ MyPedia article "Ōgishō". 2007. Hitachi Systems & Services.
- ^ Digital Daijisen entry "Ōgishō". Shogakukan.
Bibliography
[edit]- 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). One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-14399-8.
- Suzuki, Hideo; Yamaguchi, Shin'ichi; Yoda, Yasushi (2009). Genshoku: Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. Tokyo: Bun'eidō. ISBN 978-4-578-10082-9.
External links
[edit]- E-text of his poems in Japanese.