Oe Mochitoki

Japanese: 大江以言 - おおえのもちとき

Year of death: 24 July 1010 (5 September 1010)
Year of birth: Tenryaku 9 (955)
A scholar of the mid-Heian period. Junior Fourth Rank, Lower. Son of Osumi no Kami Nakanobu. At one point, he changed his surname to Yuge, but later reverted to his original surname. In his early 30s, he passed the civil service examination, and after serving as Jibu Shoyu and Bunsho Hakase, he became Shikibu Gon Daifu. He excelled in Chinese poetry, and during the reign of Emperor Ichijo (986-1011), he was one of the most famous writers in the world, along with Oe no Masahira and Ki no Narihira, and competed with each other in poetic talent. Emperor Ichijo tried to appoint Igen to the position of Kurandoh, but Fujiwara no Michinaga opposed it, and it did not come to fruition. Oe no Masafusa's assessment of Igen was that his style of poetry was free-flowing, innovative and exciting, but ignored the rules, and this and other assessments of Igen are found in the Godansho. Although the Igenshu has not been handed down to the present day, his works remain in Honcho Bunsui and other publications.

(Oboriya Hisashi)

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Japanese:

没年：寛弘7.7.24(1010.9.5)
生年：天暦9(955)
平安中期の学者。従四位下。大隅守仲宣の子。一時期,弓削に改姓,のち本姓に復した。30歳代はじめに官吏登用試験に及第し,治部少輔,文章博士を経て式部権大輔となる。漢詩にすぐれ,一条天皇時代(986～1011)の「天下の一物」の文士として大江匡衡,紀斉名らと名を連ね,詩才を競い合った。一条天皇は以言を蔵人に任命しようとしたが藤原道長の反対で実現しなかったという。詩風は意の赴くまま,新風で興はあるが法則を無視したものである,とは大江匡房の評であり,これを含め以言評は『江談抄』に多い。『以言集』は今に伝わらないが『本朝文粋』などに作品が残る。

(朧谷寿)

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