Ryōzen
Japanese poet (998–1064)
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Ryōzen (良暹; dates unknown, but flourished c. 998—1064) was a Japanese waka poet of the mid-Heian period. One of his poems was included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu, and thirty-one of his poems were included in imperial anthologies from the Goshūi Wakashū on.
Biography
Although his exact birth and death dates are unknown,[1] he flourished around 998 to 1064.[2]
A Tendai monk[2] at Hiei-zan,[1] he later became abbot (別当, bettō) of the Gion Monastery.[1][2] He lived as a hermit at Ōhara (Japanese Wikipedia) and then, late in life, at Unrin'in (雲林院; Japanese Wikipedia).[2]
Poetry
Thirty-one of his poems were included in imperial anthologies from the Goshūi Wakashū on.[1][2]
The following poem by him was included as No. 70 in Fujiwara no Teika's Ogura Hyakunin Isshu:
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