Iio Sogi

Iio Sogi

Iio Sōgi ( Japanese 飯 尾 宗 祇 , also Sōgi for short , 宗 祇 ; * 1421 ; † September 1, 1502 ) was a Japanese Buddhist monk and Renga poet.

Nothing is known about Sogi's early years. He apparently lived as a Zen Buddhist monk in Kyoto before becoming known as a professional Renga poet in the 1450s. From 1466 to 1472 he lived in the eastern provinces of Japan, after which he returned to Kyoto, where he published several collections of his poems. A trip to Kyushu in 1480 was recorded in the diary Tsukushi no michi no ki ( 筑紫 道 記 ).

His two Renga collections, Minase Sangin Hyakuin ( 水 無 瀬 三 吟 百 韻 ; 1488, with his students Sōchō and Shōhaku ) and Yuyama Sangin Hyakuin ( 湯山 三 吟 百 韻 ; 1491), became known in particular . In total, Sōgi left behind more than ninety works, including Renga collections, diaries and literary critical and theoretical writings.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Iio Sogi. In: Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved February 1, 2012 . 
2. ^ William E. Deal: Handbook to life in medieval and early modern Japan . Oxford University Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0-19-533126-4 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus, Iio is the family name, Sogi the first name.