Asukai Masaaki (17th-century poet)

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Asukai Masaaki (飛鳥井雅章, 1611–1679) was a Japanese courtier and waka poet of the early Edo period. His Dharma name was Kukyō-in Gendō Bunga (究竟院原道文雅).

Biography

Ancestry, birth and early life

Asukai Masaaki was born on the first day of the third month of Keichō 16 (1611), according to the Kugyō Bunin [ja].[1] He was the third son of Asukai Masatsune (ja).[1] His two older brothers had both been banished by imperial command (ja) on the fourth day of the seventh month of 1609,[1] but the younger of the two, Masanori (雅宣), was later pardoned,[1] and raised the young Masaaki.[1]

Political career and poetic achievements

He was a prominent poet at the court of

Kokinshū) from Go-Mizunoo.[1] Seven years later, he was permitted to hear the same once again.[1]

He was made

Kantō, and as a result he had many disciples in the eastern regions, especially among the warrior class.[1] He became one of the most prominent waka poets of his era.[1]

At the height of his political career, he had attained the Junior First Rank,[1] and held the position of Provisional Major Counselor (gon-dainagon).[1]

Later life and death

According to the Kugyō Bunin, he died on the twelfth day of the tenth month of Enpō 7 (1679),[1] when he was in his 69th year.[1] He was cremated at the Kengō-in [ja] in northern Kyoto,[1] and was given the Dharma name was Kukyō-in Gendō Bunga.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Ueno 1983, p. 52.

Works cited

  • OCLC 11917421
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