Ryōzen
Illustration — Priest Ryōzen, from the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. A Japanese waka poet of the mid-Heian period. One of his poems was included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu, and thirty-one of his poems were included in imperial anthologies from the Goshūi Wakashū on.
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Ryōzen
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) · Public domain
- Born
- 901
- Died
- 1099
- Nationality
- Japan
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- poet
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- Japanese
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Illustration — Priest Ryōzen, from the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. A Japanese waka poet of the mid-Heian period. One of his poems was included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu, and thirty-one of his poems were included in imperial anthologies from the Goshūi Wakashū on.
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Although his exact birth and death dates are unknown, he flourished around 998 to 1064. A Tendai monk at Hiei-zan, he later became bettō of the Gion Monastery. He lived as a hermit at Ōhara (Japanese Wikipedia) and then, late in life, at Unrin'in.
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Thirty-one of his poems were included in imperial anthologies from the Goshūi Wakashū on. The following poem by him was included as No. 70 in Fujiwara no Teika's Ogura Hyakunin Isshu: • Japanese text — Romanized Japanese — English translation •:さびしさに:宿を立ち出でて:ながむれば:いづこも同じ:秋の夕暮れ —:Sabishisa ni:yado wo tachi-idete:nagamureba:izuku mo onaji:aki no yuugure —:Lonely, I step outside my hut:and look vacantly around:It's the same all over—:Autumn dusk!
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901
Ryōzen born.
1099
Ryōzen died in 1099.
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The authorities additionally record the headings Priest Ryozen, Ryozen and Ryouzen. His recorded language was Japanese. His recorded confession was Buddhism.
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