Oe Asatsuna - Oe Asatsuna

A man of letters in the mid-Heian period. Grandson of Otondo and son of Tamabuchi. Koretoki was his cousin. He was called Go-E Shoko. After serving at Daigakuryo, he served mainly as a benkan (official official), during which time he was also appointed as a Doctor of Literature and rose to the rank of councilor. In 954 (Tenryaku 8), he became the head of the Senkokushisho (National History Office) and was involved in the compilation of the Shinkokushi (New National History). He reached the rank of Shoshii (Junior Fourth Rank), and died on December 28, the first year of the Tentoku era. A representative man of letters in the first half of the 10th century, he was active in submitting proposals for the era name, composing imperial edicts, petitions, and prefaces to poems, and made a great contribution to establishing the status of the Oe clan in the academic world. He was also an accomplished calligrapher. His works include "Go-Eso Kogyoshu" and "Wachū Setsūin", but they are lost. Many of his poems and prose remain in "Fusōshū", "Ruijū Kudaishō", "Honchō Monzui", and others. "Honchō Monzui" and "Wakan Roeishū" are the first and third most numerous anthologies, respectively, which shows that they were beloved in later times.

[Akio Goto]

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平安中期の文人。音人(おとんど)の孫、玉淵(たまぶち)の子。維時(これとき)は従弟。後江相公(のちのごうしょうこう)と称された。大学寮を経て、おもに弁官を歴任、その間文章博士(もんじょうはかせ)にも任じ、参議に上る。954年（天暦8）撰(せん)国史所別当となり『新国史』の編纂(へんさん)に携わる。正四位下に至り、天徳(てんとく)元年12月28日没。10世紀前半の代表的文人で、元号の勘申(かんじん)、詔勅・上表・詩序の制作などに活躍し、学問の世界における大江氏の地位の確立に大きく寄与した。書にも優れる。著作に『後江相公集』『倭注切韻(わちゅうせついん)』があったが散逸。詩文は『扶桑(ふそう)集』『類聚(るいじゅう)句題抄』『本朝文粋(ほんちょうもんずい)』その他に多く残る。『本朝文粋』『和漢朗詠集』にはそれぞれ第1位、第3位の編数の入集(にっしゅう)があり、後の時代に愛好されたことを物語る。

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