Munenaga
Munenaga-shinnō ( Japanese 宗良 親王 , dt. "Prince Munenaga"; * 1311 ; † September 14, 1385 ), also read as Muneyoshi-shinnō , was a Japanese prince ( Shinnōke ), Buddhist monk and poet.
The son of Tennō Go-Daigo and (through his mother) grandson of the poet Nijō Tameyo became a Buddhist monk in his youth. He entered the Myōhōin monastery, where his poetic talent was already noticed, which was equated with that of Jiens . In 1330 he became the abbot of Enryaku-ji monastery and head of the Tendai school of Buddhism.
During his father's exile Munenaga lived in the province of Sanuki , after his return to Kyoto he was reinstated in his function. After Go-Daigo was expelled, Munenaga fled to the province of Ise with the general and historian Kitabatake Chikafusa . In the next few years he worked as a general, diplomat and poet on the side of the south court .
In 1375 Munenage was arbitrator at the poetry competition Nanchō Gohyakuban Uta awase at the southern imperial court. Fifty of the poems were included in the imperial collection Shin'yō Wakashū, which he compiled .
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- Michael F. Marra: "Representations of power: the literary politics of medieval Japan" , University of Hawaii Press, 1993, ISBN 9780824815561 , pp. 41-54
- Robin D. Gill: "Mad in Translation" , Paraverse Press, 2009, ISBN 9780974261874 , p. 690
- Hamamatsu Books: Prince Munenaga
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| SURNAME | Munenaga |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 宗良 親王 (Japanese); Muneyoshi-shinnō; Munenaga-shinnō |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese prince, Buddhist monk and poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1311 |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 14, 1385 |