Jien
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was a Japanese poet, historian, and Buddhist monk.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1155
- Died
- 1225
- Works
- 13
Top works
- 慈圓全集
- 天台勤學講緣起
- 愚管抄
- Miscellany of personal views of an ignorant fool
- Kōhon Shūgyokushū
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 15
- Total plays
- 143
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Key facts
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- 17 May 1155
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- Heian-kyō
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- Omi (now Shiga)
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- Buddhist monk
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- history, poetry
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- Japanese history
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Place of birth
- Kyoto
- Place of death
- Ōmi Province
- Father
- Fujiwara no Tadamichi
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Religion
- Tendai
- Notable work
- Gukanshō
- Field of work
- history of Japan
- Image
- Hyakuninisshu 095.jpg
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- name in native language
- 慈円
- Commons category
- Jien
- date of birth
- 1155-05-17
- date of death
- 1225-10-28
- name in kana
- じえん
- writing language
- Japanese
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Biography
- Gukanshō
- Poetry
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
was a Japanese poet, historian, and Buddhist monk.
==Biography== Jien was the son of Fujiwara no Tadamichi, a member of the Fujiwara clan of powerful aristocrats. His brother was the future regent Fujiwara no Kanezane. Jien became a Tendai monk early in his life, entering Shōren-in at age eleven. He first took the Buddhist name Dokaei, and later changed it to Jien.
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