Asukai Masatsune
Asukai Masatsune (飛鳥井雅経; 1170–1221) was a Japanese waka poet of the early Kamakura period. He was also an accomplished kemari player. And one of his poems was included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu.
Asukai Masatsune
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- Born
- 1170.
- Died
- 1221.
- Nationality
- Japan.
- Occupation
- poet and writer.
- Languages
- Japanese.
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Asukai Masatsune (飛鳥井雅経; 1170–1221) was a Japanese waka poet of the early Kamakura period. He was also an accomplished kemari player. And one of his poems was included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu.
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He was a son of Nanba Yoritsune (難波頼経; Japanese Wikipedia), and the ancestor of the Asukai family, who were known for their skill at both poetic composition and kemari. Being of Fujiwara stock, he was also known as Fujiwara no Masatsune (藤原雅経). Among his grandchildren was the poet Masaari. He made a private collection, the Asukai-shū, which was posthumously edited by his grandson in 1292. Twenty-two of his poems were included in the Shin Kokin Wakashū, and a total of 134 in the imperial anthologies.
Masatsune served three emperors, Go-Toba, Tsuchimikado and Juntoku, in addition to working under the Kamakura shogunate.
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Masatsune studied waka under Fujiwara no Shunzei and from 1201 served in the Poetry Bureau (和歌所, Waka-dokoro). He served as one of the compilers of the Shin Kokin Wakashū, along with Shunzei's son Teika. Some twenty-two of his own poems were included in the imperial collection. A total of 134 of his poems were included in it and later imperial collections. He also compiled a private waka collection, the Asukai-shū (明日香井集; also called Asukai Wakashū, 明日香井和歌集), which was edited by his grandson Masaari in 1292. The following poem by him was included as No. 94 in Teika's famous Ogura Hyakunin Isshu:
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- 1.Britannica Kokusai Dai-hyakkajiten article "Asukai Masatsune". 2007. Britannica Japan Co.
- 2.Digital Daijisen entry "Asukai Masatsune". Shogakukan.
- 3.McMillan 2010 : 149 (note 94).
- 4.Suzuki et al. 2009 : 120.
- 5.Britannica Kokusai Dai-hyakkajiten article "Asukai Masaari". 2007. Britannica Japan Co.
- 6.Digital Daijisen entry "Asukai Masaari". Shogakukan.
- 7.McMillan 2010 : 174.
- 8.McMillan 2010 : 96.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- McMillan, Peter. 2010 (1st ed. 2008). One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each. New York: Columbia University Press.
- Suzuki Hideo, Yamaguchi Shin'ichi, Yoda Yasushi. 2009 (1st ed. 1997). Genshoku: Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. Tokyo: Bun'eidō.
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