Shun'e

Shun'e, from the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu.

Shun'e (俊恵, also read Sun'e; 1113—c. 1191), also known as Tayū no Kimi (大夫公), was a Japanese waka poet of the late-Heian period. One of his poems was included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. He produced a private collection, the Rin'yō Wakashū, and was listed as one of the Late Classical Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry.

Name

His Buddhist name is also read Sun'e,^[1] and he is also known by the name Tayū no Kimi.^[1][2]

Biography

He was born in 1113, the son of Minamoto no Toshiyori.^[1][2][3]

He was tutored in waka composition by his father, but after the latter died he appears to have taken monastic orders in Tōdai-ji.^[1]

His exact date of death is uncertain,^[1][2] but it was likely around 1191.^[3]

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.^[3]

He was a poetic mentor to Kamo no Chōmei.^[2][3]

The following poem by him was included as No. 85 in Fujiwara no Teika's Ogura Hyakunin Isshu:

Japanese text[4]	Romanized Japanese[5]	English translation[6]
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 (林葉和歌集).^[1][2][3]

References

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

• Keene, Donald (1999). A History of Japanese Literature, Vol. 1: Seeds in the Heart — Japanese Literature from Earliest Times to the Late Sixteenth Century. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-11441-7.
• 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.

External links

• List of Shun'e's poems in the International Research Center for Japanese Studies's online waka database.
• Rin'yō-shū in the same database.
• Shun'e on Kotobank.