Shun'e
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Shun'e (俊恵, also read Sun'e; 1113 – c. 1191), also known as Tayū no Kimi (大夫公), was a Japanese waka poet of the late-Heian period. One of his poems was included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. He produced a private collection, the Rin'yō Wakashū, and was listed as one of the Late Classical Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry.
Biography
He was born in 1113, the son of Minamoto no Toshiyori.[1][2][3] His maternal grandfather was Fujiwara no Atsutaka.[4] He was tutored in waka composition by his father, but after the latter died he appears to have taken monastic orders in Tōdai-ji.[1] His exact date of death is uncertain,[1][2] but it was likely around 1191.[3]
