Egyo

Japanese: 恵慶 - えぎょう

Year of birth: Year of birth and death unknown. A monk and poet of the Heian period. Some say it is pronounced "Ekei". His origins are unclear, but he was active as a poet in the latter half of the 10th century. He once lived in Kokubunji in Harima and was called "Harima lecturer". His family anthology "Ekeishu" is interesting because it shows his wide-ranging interactions with middle-class poets such as Taira no Kanemori and Kiyohara no Motosuke. He composed a collection of 100 poems in response to the work of Sone Yoshitada, and was particularly close to Anpo, and is known for his poem "Yae mugura shigeru yado no sabishiki ni hito koso o mo ine aki wa ki ni ke ri" (The loneliness of the inn where the double-petaled mugura grows, but no one is seen in autumn, coming), which describes the ruins of Kawara-in, where Anpo lived. On the other hand, he also composed many works commissioned by upper-class aristocrats such as Kazan-in and Minamoto no Takaaki, showing his side as a professional poet. His works are included in imperial anthologies such as "Shuishū" and subsequent ones.

(Yamamoto Norio)

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生年：生没年不詳
平安時代の僧侶歌人。「えけい」と読む説もある。出自などはさだかでないが,10世紀後半に歌人として活躍。一時播磨の国分寺に住し「播磨講師」と呼ばれた。家集『恵慶集』には,平兼盛,清原元輔など中流身分の歌人たちとの広い交流の様がうかがわれて興味深い。曾禰好忠の作に応えた百首歌の詠作も行っているほか,安法とは特に親しく,彼の住した河原院の荒廃を詠んだ「八重むぐら繁れる宿のさびしきに人こそ見えね秋は来にけり」の一首は有名である。他方,花山院や源高明などの上流貴族に依頼された作も多く,専門歌人としての一面を伝えている。『拾遺集』以下の勅撰集に入集。

(山本登朗)

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