Takataka - Gyoko

Japanese: 尭孝 - ぎょうこう

Year of death: 1455.8.17
Year of birth: 1391 (2nd year of the Meitoku era/8th year of the Genchu era)
A poet from the Northern and Southern Court period. His father was Gon Daisozu Gyojin, and he was the great-grandson of Ton'a. Gyoken was an adopted son. He was known as Jokoin and Manganji, and became the Gon Daisozu Hoin. Since publishing his poems in "Tonshoji Horaku Senshu" and "Tonshoji Horaku Hyakushu" in 1414, he gained the patronage of Ashikaga Yoshimasa and Asukai Masayo, and played an active role as a central figure in the Nijo school. He opposed Seigan Shotetsu and the Reizei family. He served as the opening clerk of the Wakadokoro (poetry office) during the selection of the "Shin Shoku Kokinshu" in 1433, and participated in many poetry gatherings and poetry contests, including the "Ichijo Kaneyoshi Family Poetry Contest" in 1443, the "Gosukōin Sendō Poetry Contest" in 1450, and the "Hundred Poetry Contest" in 1450. He was an important figure in the poetry circles of both the Imperial Court and the Shogunate, and his disciples included Gyoei and Azuma Tsuneen, who became leading figures in the transmission of the Kokinshu tradition. He also made a great contribution to the copying of classical texts. In addition to his family anthology "Bofu Guginshu" and the waka text "Kei Meisho," he wrote works such as "Gyokyo Hoin Nikki," "Ran Fujiki," and "Ise Kiko." His theory on waka poetry was conveyed in Tsuneen's "Higashinoshu Monsho."

(Tanaka Hiroki)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

没年：康正1.7.5(1455.8.17)
生年：明徳2/元中8(1391)
南北朝時代の歌人。父は権大僧都尭尋。頓阿の曾孫に当たる。尭憲は養子。常光院,満願寺と号し,法印権大僧都に至る。応永21(1414)年『頓証寺法楽千首』『頓証寺法楽百首』に出詠して以来,足利義政,飛鳥井雅世らの眷顧を得て二条派の中心人物として活躍。清巌正徹および冷泉家に対抗した。永享5(1433)年『新続古今集』選進の際の和歌所開闔を務め,嘉吉3(1443)年『一条兼良家歌合』,宝徳2(1450)年『後崇光院仙洞歌合』,同3年『百番歌合』など,多くの歌会,歌合に参加。朝幕双方の歌壇で重きを為し,その門下に尭恵,東常縁らが出て,古今伝授の一流をなした。古典籍の書写にも功績があった。家集『慕風愚吟集』,歌学書『桂明抄』のほか『尭孝法印日記』『覧富士記』『伊勢紀行』などの著作がある。常縁の『東野州聞書』にその歌論を伝える。

(田仲洋己)

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