Saionji Kintsune
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Saionji Kintsune in the Ogura Hyakunin isshu.
Saionji Kintsune (西園寺公経, 1171 – 1244) was a waka poet and Japanese nobleman active in the early Kamakura period. He is designated as a member of the New Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry (新三十六歌仙, Shin Sanjūrokkasen).
He was also a major contributor to the Shinchokusen Wakashū anthology.
Poetry[]
In the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu, he is called the Lay Buddhist Novice and former Chancellor of the Realm (入道前太政大臣, Nyudō Saki no Daijō-daijin). The ninety-sixth poem reads:
花さそふ嵐の庭の雪ならで
ふりゆくものは我が身なりけり
hana sasou arashi no niwa no yuki narade
furiyuku mono wa waga mi narikeri
(Shinchokusen Wakashū 13:1054)
See also[]
External links[]
- E-text of his poems in Japanese.
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