Yasuyo Yoshimine

A Chinese poet of the early Heian period. A son of Emperor Kanmu, he was given the title of Yoshimine Ason in 802 (Enryaku 21) and became a commoner. He was skilled in the performing arts and had a good understanding of music. He served as Uta no Kami (head of gagaku), Tango, Tajima no Suke, Kurodo no Tou, and other positions, before reaching the rank of Junior Fourth Rank in 814 (Kōnin 5). In 819, together with Fujiwara no Fuyutsugu and Otsugu, he compiled the Nihon Kōki (Chronicles of Japan). In 821, he was promoted to Junior Third Rank Chunagon (Chuunagon), and in the same year, together with Fuyutsugu and others, he compiled the Dairishiki (Chronicles of the Imperial Court). In 827 (Tencho 4), he compiled the anthology of Chinese poetry and prose, "Keikokushu," with Shigeno Sadanushi and others, and the following year he was appointed Dainagon. He passed away in 827 and was awarded the rank of Shonii. Thirteen of his poems were included in imperially commissioned Chinese poetry anthologies, including "Ryounshu." His poems show the influence of early Tang poetry as well as poetry from the Six Dynasties of China, with many five-character poems and a characteristic quatrain style.

[Kanbara Osamu]

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平安前期の漢詩人。桓武(かんむ)天皇の皇子、802年（延暦21）良岑朝臣(あそん)を賜り臣籍に下った。伎芸(ぎげい)に堪能で音楽をよく解した。雅楽頭(うたのかみ)、丹後(たんご)、但馬介(たじまのすけ)、蔵人頭(くろうどのとう)などを経て、814年（弘仁5）従(じゅ)四位下に至る。819年藤原冬嗣(ふゆつぐ)・緒嗣(おつぐ)らとともに『日本後紀(こうき)』を撰進(せんしん)した。821年、従三位中納言(ちゅうなごん)、この年冬嗣らとともに『内裏式(だいりしき)』を撰(えら)んだ。827年（天長4）には滋野貞主(しげののさだぬし)らと漢詩文集『経国(けいこく)集』を編纂(へんさん)、翌年大納言(だいなごん)に任じた。同7年に薨(こう)じ、正二位を贈られた。作品は『凌雲集(りょううんしゅう)』以下の勅撰漢詩集に13首とられている。その詩には中国六朝(りくちょう)詩とともに初唐詩の影響がみられ、五言詩が多く絶句体に特徴がうかがえる。

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