Yamazaki Sōkan

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Yamazaki Sōkan ( Japanese 山崎 宗 鑑 ; * around 1465 in the province of Provinzmi (today: Shiga Prefecture ); † around 1552 ) was a Japanese Haikai poet.

Yamazaki Sōkan is his poet's pseudonym, the surname Yamazaki being borrowed from a place of the same name in the province of Yamashiro (now Kyoto Prefecture ) in which he lived. His real name was Shina Norishige ( 志 那 範 重 ), called Yasaburō ( 弥 三郎 ).

Little is known about Yamazaki's living conditions. He was in the service of Shogun Ashikaga Yoshihisa and became a monk after his death in 1489. Contrary to the lore about his eccentric lifestyle, he probably earned his living as a teacher and calligrapher .

A collection of haikai that arose over the course of several years was not published until 1615, a hundred years after its completion, under the title Shinsen inu tsukuba shū .

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  1. ↑ 沢 井 耐 三 : 山崎 宗 鑑 . In: 朝日 日本 歴 史 人物 事 典 at kotobank.jp. Asahi Shimbun Shuppan, accessed February 21, 2012 (Japanese).
Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Yamazaki is the family name, Sōkan the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Yamazaki, Sōkan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 山崎 宗 鑑 (Japanese); Shina Norishige (real name); 志 那 範 重 (Japanese, real name); Shina Yasaburō (nickname); 志 那 弥 三郎 (Japanese, nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese poet
DATE OF BIRTH around 1465
PLACE OF BIRTH Ōmi Province (today: Shiga Prefecture)
DATE OF DEATH around 1552