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Saigyō Hōshi (西行法師, 1118 –
March 23, 1190) was a ****anese poet of the late
Heian and
early Kamakura period. Born Satō
Norikiyo (佐藤義清) in
Kyoto to a noble...
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revolving around the ex-emperor
Sutoku and his
ghostly encounter with the poet
Saigyō. The
failure of the
attempt by
retired emperor Sutoku to
seize power in...
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pressures of
urban life. The
first ****anese
recluse is
considered to be
Saigyō Hōshi, who
worked as a
guard to
retired Emperor Toba
until the age of 22...
- Saigyōzakura (西行桜,
Saigyō's cherry tree) is a Noh play by
Zeami about the
famous poet
Saigyō,
regarding his well-known love for
cherry blossoms.
Saigyō was renowned...
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figure for the
condition of
modernity itself". The
medieval ****anese poet
Saigyō may have
turned from
samurai to monk
because of
unrequited love, one of...
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emulating Saigyō, whom Bashō
praised as the
greatest waka poet; Bashō made a
point of
visiting all the
sites mentioned in
Saigyō's verse.
Travel in...
- (皇太后宮大夫俊成)
Fujiwara no
Kiyosuke Ason (藤原清輔朝臣)
Priest Shun'e (俊恵法師)
Priest Saigyō (西行法師)
Priest Jakuren (寂蓮法師)
Attendant to
Empress Kōka (皇嘉門院別当) Princess...
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Ariwara no Narihira, Ono no Komachi,
Izumi Shikibu,
Murasaki Shikibu,
Saigyō and
Fujiwara no Teika. The
famous ****anese poem
known as the
Iroha (いろは)...
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backs on the
world usually joined monasteries.
Along with the poet-priest
Saigyō he is
representative of the
literary recluses of his time, and his celebrated...
- Ōmata Kūkai Ki no
Tsurayuki Murasaki Shikibu Fujiwara no
Teika (1162–1241)
Saigyō (1118–1190)
Minamoto no
Sanetomo (1192–1219)
Emperor Go-Toba (1180–1239)...
