Henjō
Henjō ( Japanese 遍 昭 or 遍照 ; * 816 ; † February 21, 890 ) was a Japanese Waka poet and Buddhist priest . His birth name was Yoshimine no Munesada ( 良 岑宗貞 ). Thanks to a reference in the foreword of 905 and written by Ki no Tsurayuki , the imperial poem anthologie Kokin-wakashū , he is considered one of the Six Best Waka Poets and is one of the Thirty-Six Immortals in poetry .
Henjō was the 8th son of the Dainagon Yoshimine no Yasuyo , who was a son of Kammu -tennō and had been released into civilian life by his father and his brothers from the imperial household.
Henjō began his career as a courtier. He was appointed Kurodo , a kind of chamberlain of the Nimmyō -tennō. 849 he was appointed head of the Kurodo ( Kurōdonotō ). After the death of Ninmyō-tennō, Henjō became a monk out of his grief.
He was a priest of the Tendai-shu . In 877 he founded the Gankei-ji temple in Yamashina , today in southeastern Kyoto . In 869 he was given another temple, the Urin-in in Murasakino in the north of Kyoto. He administered both temples, was appointed Sōjō in 885 and was now called Kazan Sōjō ( 花山 僧 正 ).
35 of his waka were included in the imperial anthologies of poetry, including the kokin-wakashu . In his foreword, however , Ki no Tsurayuki criticized him as follows: “He knows how to construct waka, but there is little real feeling. It's the same when you've only seen the picture of a woman and it moved your heart. "
His son Sosei was also a waka poet and monk.
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| SURNAME | Henjō |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 遍 昭 (Japanese); 良 岑宗貞 (maiden name, Japanese); Yoshimine no Munesada (maiden name); Kazan Sōjō |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese waka poet and Buddhist priest |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 816 |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 21, 890 |