Yakushiji Kin'yoshi
Yakushiji Kin'yoshi (薬師寺 公義, c. 1308–1311 – c. 1381–1384) was a Japanese waka poet and samurai of the Nanbokuchō period. He was also known as Jirō Saemon no Shō, and his dharma name was Genka.
Life[edit]
The birth date of the samurai and waka poet Yakushiji Kin'yoshi is unknown,[1] but he was likely born in or around the Enkyō period (1308–1311).[1]
He was variously reported in the Chokusen Sakusha Burui (勅撰作者部類) and the Yakushi-ji Keizu (薬師寺系図) as the son of Tachibana no Noritaka (橘範隆) and Koyama Sadamitsu (小山貞光), respectively.[1] He was a retainer of Kō no Moronao,[1] but Book 29 of the Taiheiki indicates that he ignored remonstrations and took the tonsure.[1] After entering Buddhist orders he took the dharma name Genka (元可).[1] He also used the nickname Jirō Saemon no Shō (次郎左衛門尉)[1] and Jirō Saemon (次郎左衛門).[2]
His death date is unknown,[1] but he likely died in or before the Eitoku period (1381–1384), in his seventies.[1]
Poetry[edit]
He studied waka under the poet Nijō Tamesada.[1] Sixty of his poems were included in court anthologies from the Shinsenzai-shū on.[1] His personal anthology, the Kin'yoshi-shū (公義集, also known as the Genka-hōshi Shū 元可法師集), includes over 310 poems.[1][a] The Kin'yoshi-shū was compiled by Kin'yoshi himself,[1] during the Kōryaku period (1379–1381).[1]
His compositions were criticized by Imagawa Ryōshun in his work Rakusho Roken (落書露顕) for being hummed by people.[1]
Notes[edit]
- ^ This work is apparently unrelated to the almost identically named Genka-shū (元可集) in the holdings of the Ise Grand Shrine Archives (神宮文庫 Jingū Bunko).[1]
References[edit]
Citations[edit]
Works cited[edit]
- Hamaguchi, Hiroaki (1983). "Yakushiji Kin'yoshi" 薬師寺公義. Nihon Koten Bungaku Daijiten 日本古典文学大辞典 (in Japanese). Vol. 6. Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten. p. 47. OCLC 11917421.
- "Yakushiji Kin'yoshi" 薬師寺公義. Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Plus (in Japanese). Kodansha. 2015. Retrieved 2018-06-30.