Minamoto no Masasada

Japanese: 源雅定 - みなもとのまささだ

Year of death: 27th May 1162 (1162.7.11)
Year of birth: Kaho 1 (1094)
A nobleman and poet from the late Heian period. He was from the Murakami Genji clan. He was the son of the daughter of the Grand Minister of State, Minamoto Masazane, and the judge of Kaneyu, Fujiwara Tsuneo (or Tagami Jiro). He became a councilor in 1119, and rose through the ranks until he was the Minister of the Right, with the rank of Junior Second Rank, in 1150. However, he resigned from his position in 1154 and became a monk. He was given the title of Minister of the Right, Nakain, as his residence was called. He was often asked to give his opinion on matters of court rank, and this continued even after he became a monk. His father taught him the dance of Kojuin, and he was highly praised from the age of nine. He was also known as a master of the sho. He became the husband of Fujiwara Akisue, and he developed an interest in waka poetry, and 19 of his poems were included in imperial anthologies, including the Kinyoshu. He was also friends with Saigyo.

(Harumi Watanabe)

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Japanese:

没年：応保2.5.27(1162.7.11)
生年：嘉保1(1094)
平安末期の公卿,歌人。村上源氏。太政大臣源雅実と勘解由判官藤原経生(または田上二郎)の娘の子。元永2(1119)年参議となり,累進して,久安6(1150)年正二位右大臣に至る。しかし,仁平4(1154)年辞官,出家。邸宅が中院と呼ばれたことから中院右大臣と号した。有職に関し意見を徴せられることが多く,出家したのちもそれは続いた。父より胡飲酒の舞を伝えられ,9歳のときから絶賛された。また笙の名人としても知られた。藤原顕季の婿となったことから和歌をたしなみ,『金葉集』以下の勅撰集に19首入集する。西行とも交遊があった。

(渡辺晴美)

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