Prince Tomohira

Japanese: 具平親王 - ともひらしんのう

Year of death: 28 July 1009 (21 August 1009)
Year of birth: 19 June 1964 (30 July 964)
He was a member of the imperial family and a man of letters in the mid-Heian period. He was called Gochusho-o, Rokujo-no-miya, and Chikusa-dono. He was ranked second rank. He was the seventh son of Emperor Murakami, and his mother was Princess Shoshi (the daughter of Imperial Prince Daimei). He was the father of Fujiwara no Yorimichi's wife Takahime. He was proclaimed prince at the age of two. He was extremely intelligent at a young age, and studied Chinese poetry and prose under Yoshishige Yasutane and others, but he also excelled in waka poetry, was knowledgeable about yin and yang, and medicine, and was a skilled calligrapher. His personal collections of poems and tanka have not been handed down to the present day, but his works remain in Chinese poetry anthologies and imperial anthologies. He is the only prince who is considered a talented person during the reign of Emperor Ichijo (986-1011). He has many anecdotes, and one famous story is that when he argued with Fujiwara no Kinto about the superiority of Kakinomoto no Hitomaro and Ki no Tsurayuki, he claimed that Hitomaro was superior and won (Kojidan). In 987, he became the Minister of State for Central Affairs, and four years later, he wrote the Koketsu Gaidensho. He also had deep ties to Buddhism due to his connections with Minamoto no Shin and Yasutane. He lived in a luxurious mansion called Chikusadono in Rokujo, Sakyo. <References> Shosuke Ozone, "Thoughts on Prince Kohira" (National Language and Literature, December 1958 issue)

(Oboriya Hisashi)

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

Japanese:

没年：寛弘6.7.28(1009.8.21)
生年：康保1.6.19(964.7.30)
平安中期の皇族で文人。後中書王,六条宮,千種殿と称される。二品。村上天皇の第7皇子で母は女御荘子女王(代明親王の娘)。藤原頼通の妻隆姫の父。2歳で親王宣下。幼くして才智にすぐれ,慶滋保胤らに師事して漢詩文を学ぶ一方,和歌にも秀で,陰陽,医術にも通じ,能書家でもあった。個人の詩集,歌集は今に伝わらないが漢詩集や勅選集に作品が残る。一条天皇朝(986～1011)の才人として親王では彼のみが挙げられている。逸話も多く,柿本人麻呂と紀貫之の優劣を藤原公任と論争した際,人麻呂が優れていると主張して勝った話は有名(『古事談』)。永延1(987)年中務卿となり4年後,『弘決外典抄』を選述。源信,保胤らとの交流から仏教にも深い結びつきを持った。左京の六条に豪邸千種殿を営んだ。<参考文献>大曾根章介「具平親王考」(『国語と国文学』1958年12月号)

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