Noin

Noin, depicted in the Hyakunin Isshu .

Noin ( Japanese 能因 , originally also: 融因 ; * 988 ; † after 1050 probably 1058 ) was a Japanese Buddhist monk who became famous as a poet from the middle Heian period . His son Tachibana no Mototō was also a poet.

Life

Noin, whose real name was Tachibana no Nagayasu ( 橘永愷 ), lived from 988 to 1050/58. His teacher was Fujiwara no Nagayoshi . He was a Waka poet and was counted by Fujiwara no Norikane ( 藤原範兼 ), who lived from 1107 to 1165, together with Izumi Shikibu to the Thirty-Six Immortals of Medieval Poetry ( Chūko Sanjūrokkasen ).

His literary works are collected in the anthologies Nōin-shū ( 能因集 ), in the imperial anthology Gengenshū ( 玄々集 ) and in his own Utamakura ( 能因歌枕 ). His grave is in the cemetery in Takatsuki in Osaka Prefecture .

The following poem (poem 69) from the anthology Hyakunin Isshu serves as an example :

Japanese	transcription	translation
嵐吹く三室の山のもみぢ葉は龍田の川の錦なりけり	Arashi fuku mimuro no yama no momiji-ba wa tatsuta no kawa no nishiki narikeri	Driven by stormy winds , the autumn leaves on Mount Mimuro have drifted into colorful, shimmering brocade on the Tatsuta River

literature

Peter McMillan: One hundred poets, one poem each: a translation of the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu . Columbia University Press, New York 2008, ISBN 978-0-231-14398-1 .

Individual evidence

↑ 能因 . In: デジタル版日本人名大辞典 + Plus at kotobank.jp. Retrieved March 1, 2017 (Japanese).
↑ 能因 . In: Yamatouta. April 8, 2013, accessed March 2, 2017 (Japanese, with a picture of the tomb and other poems).
↑ Peter McMillan: One hundred poets, one poem each: a translation of the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu . Columbia University Press, New York 2008, ISBN 978-0-231-14398-1 , pp. 71.169 .

personal data
SURNAME	Noin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	能因 (Japanese, monk name); Tachibana no Nagayasu (secular name); 橘永愷 (Japanese, secular name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	japanese buddhist monk
DATE OF BIRTH	988
DATE OF DEATH	1058

[1] 能因 . In: デジタル版日本人名大辞典 + Plus at kotobank.jp. Retrieved March 1, 2017 (Japanese).

[2] 能因 . In: Yamatouta. April 8, 2013, accessed March 2, 2017 (Japanese, with a picture of the tomb and other poems).

[3] Peter McMillan: One hundred poets, one poem each: a translation of the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu . Columbia University Press, New York 2008, ISBN 978-0-231-14398-1 , pp. 71.169 .