Miyoshi Tameyatsu - Miyoshi Tameyatsu

A man of letters from the Heian period. His real surname was Imizu from Ecchu Province (Toyama Prefecture). He studied under the mathematical expert Miyoshi Tamenaga, and learned Sando as well as Kidendo. At the age of 52, he was finally recommended as a junior naiki (councillor), and later held the posts of mathematical expert and Shoryo-to (chief fifth rank). In addition to the 30 volumes of "Choyagunsai" (21 volumes remain today), which is a compilation and classification of poetry, prose, and public and private documents, he also compiled and edited "Domou Shoin", "Shochu Reki" and "Zoku Senjimon", as well as three volumes each of "Shuiojouden" and "Goshuiouden", "Rokuharamitsuji Engi" and "Sekai Ojo Ketsugi" (lost book), and "Genki" (record of experiences) on the Diamond Sutra (lost book), which show his side as a believer. Fujiwara no Munetomo's "Honcho Shinshuojouden" contains a brief biography of him and his deeds as a believer.

[Shigeru Yanai]

"Kimoto Yoshinobu, 'A Study of Diaries and Fragments of the Heian Period: The World of Heian Courtiers as Revealed in Fragments of Diaries' (1987, Ohfusha)" ▽ "Ohara Hitoshi, 'The Genealogy of the Literary Aristocracy' (1987, Yoshikawa Kobunkan)"

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平安時代の文人。本姓は越中(えっちゅう)国（富山県）の射水(いみず)氏。算博士三善為長に師事し、算道に通じるとともに紀伝道を学ぶ。52歳に至ってようやく少内記に推挙され、のち算博士、諸陵頭を兼任し、正五位上に至る。詩文および公私の文書を分類編集した『朝野群載(ちょうやぐんさい)』30巻（現存21巻）のほか『童蒙頌韻(どうもうしょういん)』『掌中歴(しょうちゅうれき)』『続千字文』などの編著があり、また『拾遺往生伝(しゅういおうじょうでん)』『後拾遺往生伝』各三巻、『六波羅蜜寺縁起(ろくはらみつじえんぎ)』『世俗往生決疑(けつぎ)』（逸書）、金剛般若経(こんごうはんにゃきょう)の『験記(げんき)』（逸書）などの著書があり、信仰者としての一面を示している。藤原宗友(むねとも)の『本朝新修往生伝』には、その略伝とともに信仰者としての彼の行業が記されている。

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『木本好信著『平安朝日記と逸文の研究――日記逸文にあらわれたる平安公卿の世界』（1987・桜楓社）』▽『小原仁著『文人貴族の系譜』（1987・吉川弘文館）』

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