Shun'e
Illustration — Shun'e, from the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. Shun'e, also known as Tayū no Kimi, was a Japanese waka poet of the late-Heian period. One of his poems was included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu.
Also recorded as Priest Shun'e · Sun'e
Shun'e

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- Born
- 1113
- Died
- 1191
- Nationality
- Japan
- Occupation
- poet
- Languages
- Japanese
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Name
Name
He produced a private collection, the Rin'yō Wakashū, and was listed as one of the Late Classical Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry.
His Buddhist name is also read Sun'e, and he is also known by the name Tayū no Kimi.
Biography
Biography
He was born in 1113, the son of Minamoto no Toshiyori. His maternal grandfather was Fujiwara no Atsutaka. He was tutored in waka composition by his father, but after the latter died he appears to have taken monastic orders in Tōdai-ji. His exact date of death is uncertain, but it was likely around 1191.
Poetry
Poetry
Eighty-three of his poems were included in imperial anthologies, and he was recognized as one of the Late Classical Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry. He was a poetic mentor to Kamo no Chōmei. The following poem by him was included as No. 85 in Fujiwara no Teika's Ogura Hyakunin Isshu: • Japanese text — Romanized Japanese — English translation •:夜もすがら:もの思ふころは:明けやらで:閨のひまさへ:つれなかりけり —:Yomosugara:mono-omou koro wa:akeyarade:neya no hima sae:tsurenakarikeri —:The only relief from the pain:of waiting all night long:for a lover who does not come:would be the break of day:but even gaps in the shutters:are too cruel to let in the light of dawn. He also left a private collection, the Rin'yō Wakashū.
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings Priest Shun'e and Sun'e. His recorded language was Japanese. His recorded confession was Buddhism. He was the child of Minamoto no Shunrai and Daughter of Tachibana no Atsutaka (second wife of Minamoto no Toshiyori).

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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Life and career
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1113
Shun'e born.
1191
Shun'e died.
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Britannica Kokusai Dai-hyakkajiten article "Shun'e". 2007. Britannica Japan Co.
- 2.Digital Daijisen entry "Shun'e". Shogakukan.
- 3.McMillan 2010 : 147 (note 85).
- 4.Suzuki et al. 2009 : 107.
- 5.McMillan 2010 : 172.
- 6.McMillan 2010 : 87.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 4
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- McMillan, Peter. 2010 (1st ed. 2008). One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each. New York: Columbia University Press.
- cite book
- Suzuki Hideo, Yamaguchi Shin'ichi, Yoda Yasushi. 2009 (1st ed. 1997). Genshoku: Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. Tokyo: Bun'eidō.
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