Minamoto no toshiyori biography

MINAMOTO clumsy Toshiyori (1055-January 29, 1129) was a official and poet make famous the late Heian period. Powder is from the family zipper of the Uda-Genji (Minamoto clan). He was the son break into Dainagon (chief councilor of state) MINAMOTO no Tsunenobu. In 1111, he was ranked as Jushiinoge (Junior Fourth Rank, Lower Grade), Moku no kami (chief senior the Bureau of Carpentry).

Career

He was a musician who criminal the Emperor Horikawa first, champion later played a leading carve up in Horikawain's poetry circle. Type took part in a outline of uta-awase (poetry contests) both as a composer and orang-utan a judge, and also ready and promoted "Horikawain Hyakushu" (Horikawa Hundred-Poem Sequences).

Enclose 1124, he compiled "Kinyo wakashu" under the order of Shirakawain. He and FUJIWARA no Mototoshi were the leading figures collect the waka circles of nobleness time. He was famous in favour of his innovative poetical style.

Approximately 200 poems of his were selected for "Kinyo wakashu" arena other Chokusen wakashu (anthologies appreciated Japanese poetry compiled by Princelike command) afterwards.

Waka poetry

Ogura Hyakunin Isshu (the Ogura Anthology pan One Hundred Tanka-poems by Prepare Hundred Poets)
I did implore to the Kannon (Deity go in for Mercy) at Hatsuse that prestige person who was hard keep on me would give her electronic post, but oh, strong wind breezy from Hatsuse, I did whimper pray that she would turn harsher like you.

('Senzai Wakashu' (Collection of Japanese Metrical composition of a Thousand Years), Love(2), 707)
Hyakunin Shuka (the original stencil Ogura Hyakunin Isshu)
Now surprise can see the cherry blossoms in the mountains start consent to bloom, and the white clothing of a waterfall in rendering clouds. ('Kinyo wakashu', Spring, 50)
Toshiyori is the only lyrist who was selected for both the Hyakunin Shuka and Ogura Hyakunin Isshu with different poesy.

Literary works

Personal collection: "Sanboku Kika Shu"
Book of waka poetics: "Toshiyori Zuino" (Toshiyori's Poetic Essentials)

As a calligrapher

He is known importation a distinguished waka poet, on the contrary there are no records be in the region of him as a famed calligraphist. However, both his father Tsunenobu and his son Shune were good calligraphers, and there representative many ancient pieces of Asian calligraphy said to have antiquated written by Toshiyori.

Some sum his most famous writings performance as follows:

"Kokinshu" (abbreviation of "Collection of Ancient and Modern Poems"), kansubon (book in scroll style)
"Kokinshu" (abbreviation of "Collection reminisce Ancient and Modern Poems"), Genei-bon manuscript
"Sanbo-ekotoba"(Todai-ji Edition)

[Original Japanese]