Saigyō
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was a Japanese poet of the late Heian and early Kamakura period.
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Saigyō, also known as 西行 or さいぎょう, was a Japanese writer, Buddhist monk, priest, and poet. Born in Kyoto in 1118, he was a member of the Japanese people and practiced Buddhism. He wrote in Japanese and used the pseudonyms 佐藤 義清 and 圓位.
He died on January 1, 1190. His notable works include 西行, 西行法師全歌集, 山家集詳解, 西行全集, and 異本山家集. He is credited with 36 works in some records, while other sources list two works.
Synthesized by Vinony from 26 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Europeana Sparql, VIAF. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1118
- Died
- 1190
- Works
- 36
Top works
- 西行
- 西行法師全歌集
- 山家集詳解
- 西行全集
- 異本山家集
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Japan
- Active from
- 1118
- Active to
- 1190
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Recent publications · Crossref
1 total works indexed
via Crossref · CC0
Authority record · VIAF
- Lifespan
- 1118–1190
- Nationality
- JP
- Role / Field
- Poetas, Poeci japonscy, Escritores
- Language
- jpn
- Gender
- Male
Recorded by 27 libraries
via VIAF · OCLC
Quotes
- “The pathway I markedwhen last year I made my wayinto Yoshino—I abandon now to visitblossoms I have not yet seen.”
- “What's to be done?I thought I was past caringfor the springbut my frozen water pipehas made me long for it again”
- “Let me not spend my lifelamenting the world’s sorrowsfor abovein the wide skythe moon shines pure”
- “That spring long agoat Naniwa in Tsu—was it all a dream?Now only dead leaves on the reedsrustle in the passing wind.”
- “That one back homewhom I promised to think aboutwhen I saw the moon:on this night perhaps she toowill be soaking her sleeves with tears.”
- “How I delightin this well-timed snowthat buries the mountain pathbehind me as I enterintent on long seclusion”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Writer.name
- Saigyō Hōshi
- Writer.image
- Hyakuninisshu 086.jpg
- Writer.alt
- Saigyō Hōshi in the Hyakunin Isshu
- Writer.caption
- Saigyō Hōshi in the Hyakunin Isshu
- Writer.pseudonym
- Saigyō
- Writer.birth_name
- Satō Norikiyo
- Writer.birth_date
- 1118
- Writer.birth_place
- Kyoto, Japan
- Writer.occupation
- Poet
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Place of birth
- Kyoto
- Occupation
- Buddhist monk
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Religion
- Buddhism
- Image
- PORTRAIT OF THE PRIEST-POET SAIGYO - Google Art Project.jpg
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- Commons category
- Saigyō
- date of birth
- 1118-00-00
- date of death
- 1190-03-31
- name in native language
- 西行
- ethnic group
- Japanese people
- name in kana
- さいぎょう
- pseudonym
- 圓位
- Commons Creator page
- Saigyō
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
2 objects attributed to Saigyō, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Biography
- Style
- Poetry examples
- Legacy
- In popular culture
- See also
- Resources
- References
- External links
was a Japanese poet of the late Heian and early Kamakura period.
==Biography== Born in Kyoto to a noble family, he lived during the traumatic transition of power between the old court nobles and the new samurai warriors. After the start of the age of Mappō, Buddhism was considered to be in decline and no longer as effective a means of salvation. These cultural shifts during his lifetime led to a sense of melancholy in his poetry. As a youth, he worked as a guard to retired Emperor Toba, but in 1140 at age 22, for reasons now unknown, he quit worldly life to become a monk, taking the religious name .
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