Jakuren
Jakuren ( Japanese 寂 蓮 , maiden name: Fujiwara no Sadanaga , 藤原 定 長 ; * 1139 ?; † August 9, 1202 ) was a Japanese poet and Buddhist monk.
Life
Sadanaga was the nephew of the famous poet Fujiwara no Shunzei and was adopted by him after his father entered the Daigo-ji temple as a priest . He received lessons from his uncle at an early age and held a position in administration. In 1167 he took part in a poetry competition in Kyoto. When Shunzei's son Fujiwara no Teika was growing up , Sadanaga left his uncle's house (probably around 1172), became a Buddhist monk and took the name Jakuren.
In the following years he undertook extensive trips through Japan and wrote poetry collections with young innovative poets such as Kujō Yoshitsune , Fujiwara no Teika and Fujiwara no Ietaka . At Roppyakuban utaawase ( 六百 番 歌 合 ), the poetry competition in 600 rounds 1193-94, Jakuren distinguished himself as a representative of the reformatory Mikohidari school of poetry compared to the conservative Rokujō school.
Around 1200 he was one of the leading poets at the court of Tennō Go-Toba . He was one of the compilers of the imperial collection of poems Shinkokin-wakashū , in which several of his own poems were included, but died before they were completed.
literature
- Anne Commons: Hitomaro: poet as god , Brill, 2009, ISBN 9789004174610 , p. 128 f.
- Shinkei (Translator: Esperanza U. Ramirez-Christensen): Murmured conversations: a treatise on poetry and Buddhism , Stanford University Press, 2008, ISBN 9780804748636 , p. 342 f.
Individual evidence
- ↑ 寂 蓮 . In: デ ジ タ ル 版 日本人 名 大 辞典 + Plus at kotobank.jp. Kodansha, accessed November 30, 2011 (Japanese).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jakuren |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 寂 蓮 (Japanese); 藤原 定 長 (real name, Japanese); Fujiwara no Sadanaga (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese lyric poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1139 |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 9, 1202 |