Shinkei

A renga master and poet of the mid-Muromachi period. Gon no Daisozu. Also called Renkaihoshi. Formerly known as Shinkei. Born in Taisho, Nagusa County, Kii Province (Wakayama City), he went to Kyoto at the age of three to become a monk. He trained at Yokokawa on Mount Hiei, and entered Jujushin-in at the foot of Mount Otowa in Kyoto. It is unclear who his renga teacher was, but he studied waka poetry under Shotetsu, and was intent on implementing his teachings in his renga. His style was different from that of other renga poets of the time, and although he had participated in the Kitano Banku in 1433 (Eikyō 5) as early as before the Onin period, there are fewer surviving works by him as a group than those of Sozei, Senjyun, and others, and he was rather considered a side stream. In April 67 (Onin 1), he went down to Ise, and at the invitation of Suzuki Nagatoshi, he went by sea to Shinagawa in Sagami, and after that, he remained in the Kanto region while aiming to return to Kyoto due to the Onin War, and taught waka and renga to military commanders such as Ota Michizane, and in the summer of 71 (Bunmei 3), he entered Oyama in Sagami, where he died. During his time in the Kanto region, Sogi, who happened to be in the area at the time, visited his hermitage and received his teachings. He highly praised his style, which led to his position as a major figure in the history of renga. His main work is "Sasamegoto," the first volume of which was written in 1463 (Kansho 4) in his hometown of Taisho, and in his subsequent works such as "Hitorigoto," "Ro no Kurigoto," and "Shiyosho," he developed his theory of waka, renga, and Buddhism as one. His works are collected in such works as "Shingyokushu" and "Shibakusa," and he left behind many of his own annotations. He had a sharp sensibility and a well-thought-out style, and the works of his troupe show a very individualistic aspect.

[Shimazu Tadao]

"The Life and Works of Shinkei, by Kaneko Kanejiro (1982, Ohfusha)"

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室町中期の連歌師(れんがし)、歌人。権大僧都(ごんのだいそうず)。連海法師とも称した。前名、心恵。紀伊国(きいのくに)名草(なぐさ)郡田井庄(しょう)（和歌山市）に生まれ、3歳のときに上洛(じょうらく)し僧となる。叡山(えいざん)の横川(よかわ)で修行し、京都の音羽山麓(おとわさんろく)十住心院(じゅうじゅうしんいん)に入る。連歌の師承は不明であるが、和歌を正徹(しょうてつ)に学び、もっぱらその教えを連歌のうえにも実現しようとした。当時の連歌師の作風と異質のものをもち、応仁(おうにん)以前は早く1433年（永享5）の北野万句に加わっているものの、宗砌(そうぜい)はもとより、専順などよりも、一座した作品の残っているものは少なく、むしろ傍流に位置していた。67年（応仁1）4月、伊勢(いせ)下向、鈴木長敏(ながとし)の誘いによりそのまま海路相模(さがみ)の品川に向かい、以後、応仁の大乱のために帰洛を志しつつ関東にとどまり、太田道真(どうしん)ら武将に和歌、連歌を指導、71年（文明3）夏、相模の大山に入り、その地で没した。この関東流寓(りゅうぐう)中に、おりしも下向した宗祇(そうぎ)が、その草庵(そうあん)を訪ねて教えを受け、その作風を高く推奨したことにより、連歌史の主流に位置づけられるようになる。1463年（寛正4）に郷里田井庄で上巻を書いた『ささめごと』が主著で、その後の『ひとりごと』『老のくり言』『私用抄』などの著に、その和歌、連歌、仏教を一体としての理論が展開されている。作品は『心玉集』『芝草』などに収められ、自注を多く残している。鋭い感覚をもち、考え抜いた作風で、一座の作品にもきわめて個性的な面が強く出ている。

［島津忠夫］

『金子金治郎著『心敬の生活と作品』（1982・桜楓社）』

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