The Five in the Pear Pot

In 951 (Tenryaku 5), by order of Emperor Murakami, the Office of Selection of Waka Poems was established in the Imperial Palace's Nashitsubo (Shoyosha) with Fujiwara no Koremasa as its chief priest and Onakatomi no Yoshinobu, Kiyohara no Motosuke, Minamoto no Shitago, Ki no Tokibumi, and Sakanoue no Mochiki as its associates, who interpreted the Manyoshu and compiled the second imperial anthology of waka poems, the Gosen Wakashu. These five associates are known as the "Five of Nashitsubo." The selection of associates was based on the balance between the two projects, and it seems that being a poet was not a necessary condition. It is believed that Tokifumi, who had little experience as a poet, was selected based on the materials and writings provided by his father, Tsurayuki, and Mochijo's scholarship as a custodian of the Imperial Book Office.

[Juro Sugiya]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

951年（天暦5）村上(むらかみ)天皇の命により、宮中の梨壺（昭陽舎）に撰(せん)和歌所が設けられて、別当に藤原伊尹(これまさ)、寄人(よりゅうど)に大中臣能宣(おおなかとみのよしのぶ)、清原元輔(きよはらのもとすけ)、源順(したごう)、紀時文(きのときぶみ)、坂上望城(さかのうえのもちき)が任ぜられ、『万葉集』の読解と第二の勅撰和歌集『後撰(ごせん)和歌集』の撰集とを行った。この寄人5人を「梨壺の五人」という。寄人選定は両事業の兼ね合いによるもので、歌人たることが必要条件ではなかったようである。歌人としての実績が乏しい時文は父貫之(つらゆき)の資料提供と能書、望城は御書所預(あずかり)と学識が考慮されての選と考えられている。『万葉集』読解はおもに順があたった。

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