Masayo Asukai

A poet of the early Muromachi period. His first name was Masakiyo. His posthumous Buddhist name was Yuga. He was a junior second-rank Gon Chunagon (councillor of state). He was the son of Masayori. He grew up in a Tosho-ke family, where he was a teacher of waka poetry and kemari (traditional Japanese chess), and was trusted by the Shogun Ashikaga Yoshinori. In 1432 (Eikyo 4), he accompanied Yoshinori to Suruga and wrote the travelogue Fuji Kikou (Travelogue of Fuji). The following year, in 1433, he was recommended by Yoshinori and ordered by Emperor Gohanazono to compile an imperial anthology, and in 1439 he completed Shinshoku Kokin Wakashu (New and Continued Ancient and Modern Waka Collection). In 1441 (Kakitsu 1), he became a monk after Yoshinori's sudden death, but he defended his son Masachika and was active in the world of poetry. He has written a hundred poems and a personal anthology, "Masyokyoshu." His style is moderate and straightforward.

[Muneo Inoue]

Smoke rises from the shore of Naniwagata, and the mist wafts through the harbor breeze.

"Private Collection: Middle Ages III" edited by the Waka History Research Group (1974, Meiji Shoin)

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

室町前期の歌人。初名雅清。法名祐雅(ゆうが)。正二位権中納言。雅縁(まさより)の子。和歌と蹴鞠(けまり)を師範とする堂上家(とうしょうけ)の人として育ち、将軍足利義教(あしかがよしのり)に信任された。1432年（永享4）義教の供をして駿河(するが)に下り、紀行文『富士紀行』を草した。翌1433年、義教の推挙によって後花園(ごはなぞの)天皇から勅撰(ちょくせん)集の撰者を命ぜられ、1439年『新続(しんしょく)古今和歌集』を完成した。1441年（嘉吉1）義教の横死に殉じて出家したが、子の雅親(まさちか)を擁護して歌壇で活躍した。百首歌や家集『雅世卿(きょう)集』がある。穏健平明な歌風である。

［井上宗雄］

　難波潟(なにはがた)しほやくけぶり立ちそひて霞(かすみ)もなびく浦風ぞ吹く

『和歌史研究会編『私家集大成　中世Ⅲ』（1974・明治書院）』

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