Shinkei
Shinkei ( Japanese 心 敬 ; * 1406 in Taishō, Nagusa-gun , Kii Province (today Wakayama , Wakayama Prefecture ); † May 14, 1475 ) was a Japanese Buddhist clergyman, as well as Tanka and Renga poets.
Shinkei became a Buddhist clergyman at a young age and rose to the rank of Daisōzu . He saw poetry as the result of a religious lifestyle ( shugyō ). For more than thirty years he was a student of the poet Shōtetsu . His poems are based on the aesthetic ideal of Yūgen .
In addition to poems, he also wrote the poetological writings Sasamegoto ( さ さ め ご と ; 1463) and Oi no kurigoto ( 老 の く り ご と ; 1471).
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- ↑ a b c 沢 井 耐 三 : 心 敬 . In: 朝日 日本 歴 史 人物 事 典 at kotobank.jp. Asahi Shimbun Shuppan, accessed January 29, 2012 (Japanese).
- ^ A b Steven D. Carter: Traditional Japanese Poetry: An Anthology . Stanford University Press, 1993, ISBN 0-8047-2212-9 , pp. 289 ff . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ↑ a b Bruno Lewin (Ed.): Small Lexicon of Japanology. On the cultural history of Japan . 3. Edition. Harrassowitz, 1995, ISBN 3-447-03668-0 , pp. 423 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ^ Steve Odin: Artistic Detachment in Japan and the West: Psychic Distance in Comparative Aesthetics . University of Hawaii Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8248-2374-5 , pp. 112 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Shinkei |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 心 敬 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese Buddhist clergyman and poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1406 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Taishō, Nagusa-gun , Kii Province (now Wakayama , Wakayama Prefecture ) |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 14, 1475 |