Sosei
Sosei Hōshi . Painting by Kanō Tan'yū , 1648
Sosei ( Japanese 素性 , also 素性 法師 , Sosei Hōshi , dt. "Monk Sosei"; * before 850 ( traditional : Kashō 3); † after 909 (traditional: Engi 9)) was a Waka poet and Buddhist monk. He is one of the 36 immortals in poetry . One of his waka is contained in the important Japanese anthology of poetry, Hyakunin Isshu . His father Henjō was also a waka poet and monk.
Sosei's worldly name is debatable. Yoshimine no Harutoshi ( 良 岑玄利 ) is given as a possible name .
literature
- Edwin A. Cranston: A Waka Anthology . tape 2 : Grasses of Remembrance . Stanford University Press, 2006, ISBN 0-8047-4825-X , pp. 18 ( limited preview in Google Book Search - some poems by Sosei in English translation).
Web links
- Text edition of Sosei's lyric work (Japanese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 内 田順子 : 素性 . In: Asahi Nihon Rekishi Jinbutsu Jiten. Asahi Shimbun Shuppan, 1994, ( kotobank.jp ).
- ↑ Akira Matsumura (ed.): Digital Daijisen. Shogakukan, ( kotobank.jp ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sosei |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 素性 法師 (Japanese); Sosei Hōshi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese poet and Buddhist monk |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 850 |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 909 |