Minamoto no Tōru
Illustration — Minamoto no Tōru, by Kikuchi Yōsai Minamoto 822 – September 21, 895 was a Japanese poet and statesman. He was born the son of Emperor Saga and a member of the Saga Genji clan. He is sometimes mentioned as the model for Hikaru Genji in important Japanese literary classic The Tale of Genji.
Also recorded as Minamoto no Toru · Minamoto no Touru · Kawara no Sadajin
Minamoto no Tōru
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- 822.
- Died
- 895.
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- Japan.
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- poet.
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Illustration — Minamoto no Tōru, by Kikuchi Yōsai Minamoto 822 – September 21, 895 was a Japanese poet and statesman. He was born the son of Emperor Saga and a member of the Saga Genji clan. He is sometimes mentioned as the model for Hikaru Genji in important Japanese literary classic The Tale of Genji.
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Under his title Minister of the Left of Kawara, he is the author of poem 14 in the Hyakunin Isshu poetry anthology: Here is another translation: • The dye with hare’s-foot-fern, of Michinoku—who else would have made me feel as disturbed? The poet is also famous for making a replica of the uta-makura Shiogama, a poetic place name, in his garden. His tomb resides at the Seiryō-ji, a Buddhist temple situated on what was once Saga Moor in Kyoto. Two of his poems are included in the Gosen Wakashū.
The authorities additionally record the headings Minamoto no Toru, Minamoto no Touru and Kawara no Sadajin. His recorded language was Japanese. He was the child of Emperor Saga and Ōhara no Zenji. He married Daughter of Fujiwara no Sōkei. 2 children are recorded: Minamoto no Tatau and Minamoto no Noboru. Other recorded relations include Ninmyō.
Album of colour woodblock prints. 51 prints?
Print artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川国芳) Print artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川広重) Print artist: Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞 Toyokuni III)
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822
Minamoto no Tōru born.
895
Minamoto no Tōru died.
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The Riverbank Minister of the Left (Minamoto no Tōru), Pictures of the Heart, 2017.
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- 1.Berend Wispelwey. Japanese Biographical Index. Walter de Gruyter. 2004. 9783110947984.
- 2.Richard H. Okada. Figures of Resistance : Language, Poetry, and Narrating in The Tale of the Genji and Other Mid-Heian Texts. Duke University Press. 1991. 9780822311928.
- 3.Julius von Klaproth. Annales des empereurs du japon. Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. 5850691.
- 4.Hiroaki. Legends of the Samurai. Overlook Duckworth. 1995. 9781590207307.
- 5.Joshua S. Mostow. Pictures of the Heart: The Hyakunin Isshu in Word and Image. University of Hawaii Press. 1996. 9780824817053.
- 6.Minamoto no Tōru • . A History . . of Japan . 日本歴史.
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