Masafusa Oe - Masafusa Oe

A literati official in the late Heian period. The great-grandson of Masahira. The son of Shigehira. His mother was the daughter of Tachibana Takachika. He was called Gotaifukei and Gototoku. He was praised for his genius from an early age, and after passing the Kohei 1st year exam in 1058 (Kohei 1), he served as the Crown Prince's Scholar, Kurodo, Mimasaka no Kami, Left Chief Examiner, and Shikibu Daibu (Minister of State) to Prince Takahito (Emperor Gosanjo) and Prince Sadahito (Emperor Shirakawa), and in 1088 (Kanji 2) he became a Sangi (councillor), then Gon Chunagon (provisional middle counselor), and was twice appointed Dazai no Gon no Sotsu (commander of the Dazai) and eventually became Shonii Daizakyo (senior second rank) Daizakyo (final councilor of the Treasury). He died on November 5th, 2nd year of Ten'ei (Ten'ei 2). He became a close aide to Emperor Gosanjo and was a bureaucrat deeply involved in the Shirakawa Insei government as a trusted aide to the Emperor, and was also a leading scholar of his time, symbolized by the three generations of samurai readers, Gosanjo, Shirakawa, and Horikawa. He also wrote a wide range of works, including the Gokeshidai, a book on court etiquette and customs, on the bureaucratic side. His literary writings were also wide-ranging, and in addition to orthodox poetry and prose such as poems, prefaces to poems, and prayers, which are collected in such works as "Honcho Untitled Poems," "Chuuyuuki Burui Shihai Chinese Poetry Collection," "Honcho Continued Monzui," and "Jiangdu Commander's Prayer Form Collection," he also wrote works based on worldly anecdotes, such as "The Courtesan Record," "The Puppet Record," "The Record of Luoyang Dengaku," and "The Record of Coddling Foxes," as well as the collection of stories "Jiangdansho," which is a written record of his speeches, and he also compiled "The Continued Record of Honcho Ojou-den" and "Honcho Shinsen-den." He also wrote the poetry collection "Goushuishu," and many of his works are included in imperially commissioned anthologies following "Goshui Wakashu."

[Akio Goto]

"Oe Masafusa, by Kawaguchi Hisao (1968, Yoshikawa Kobunkan)" ▽ "Japanese Thought Series 8: Ancient Political and Social Thought, edited by Ozone Shosuke et al. (1979, Iwanami Shoten)"

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平安後期の文人官僚。匡衡(まさひら)の曽孫(そうそん)。成衡(しげひら)の子。母は橘孝親(たちばなのたかちか)の娘。江大府卿(ごうたいふけい)、江都督(ごうととく)などと称された。幼年より俊才をたたえられ、1058年（康平1）対策及第ののち、尊仁(たかひと)親王（後三条(ごさんじょう)天皇）・貞仁(さだひと)親王（白河(しらかわ)天皇）の東宮学士、蔵人(くろうど)、美作守(みまさかのかみ)、左大弁、式部大輔(だいぶ)などを歴任して、1088年（寛治2）参議、ついで権中納言(ごんちゅうなごん)となり、二度にわたって大宰権帥(だざいのごんのそつ)に任じられ、正二位大蔵卿(きょう)に至った。天永(てんえい)2年11月5日没。彼は後三条天皇の側近となり、院の近臣として白河院政政権に深くかかわった官僚であるとともに、後三条・白河・堀河(ほりかわ)3代の侍読(じどく)に象徴される当代の学者の第一人者であった。著作も多岐にわたり、官僚的側面での著作に有職故実(ゆうそくこじつ)書『江家次第(ごうけしだい)』がある。これに対する文人としての著作も多方面に及び、『本朝(ほんちょう)無題詩』『中右記部類紙背(ちゅうゆうきぶるいしはい)漢詩集』『本朝続文粋(もんずい)』『江都督納言願文(がんもん)集』などに収められた詩・詩序・願文などの正統的詩文とともに、世事逸話を素材とした『遊女記』『傀儡子(かいらいし)記』『洛陽田楽(らくようでんがく)記』『狐媚(こび)記』などの作や、彼の言談を筆録させた説話集『江談抄』があり、また『続本朝往生伝』『本朝神仙伝』を編纂(へんさん)した。さらに歌集『江帥(ごうのそつ)集』があり、『後拾遺和歌集』以下の勅撰集(ちょくせんしゅう)にも多く入集(にっしゅう)する。

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『川口久雄著『大江匡房』（1968・吉川弘文館）』▽『大曽根章介他校注『日本思想大系8　古代政治社会思想』（1979・岩波書店）』

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