Kazan'in Nagachika (花山院長親), also known as Fujiwara no Nagachika (藤原長親) and by his art name Kōun (耕雲), was a Japanese waka poet of the Nanbokuchō period and early Muromachi period. His Dharma name was Myōgi (明魏).
Biography edit
Kazan'in Nagachika's year of birth is unknown.[1] He was the son of Kazan'in Iekata[2] and the grandson of Kazan'in Morokata.[2] He followed his father and grandfather in serving the emperors of the Southern Court.[2]
In 1384 he is supposed to have left the Southern Court capital of Yoshino and gone wandering.[2] His own account in the Kōun Kuden (which he wrote in 1408[2]) indicates that around 1394 he took up residence in Kyoto.[2]
According to the postscript to the Kōun Senshu,[2] by the first month of Genchū 6 (1389) he had risen to the rank of Naidaijin,[2] but before this time he had already left court.[2] Shortly after this date he entered Buddhist orders.[2]
He died in seventh month of Seichō 2 (1429).[2] A poem of his dating to 1414 appears to give his age as around 70, meaning he was probably in his eighties at the time of his death.[2] [2] [2]
Names edit
Kazan'in Nagachika was a member of the Fujiwara clan, and so is also known as Fujiwara no Nagachika.[2] His art name was Kōun,[2] and his Dharma name upon entering Buddhist orders was Myōgi.[2]
Poetry edit
Nagachika's participation in the Dairi Sanbyaku-rokujisshu Uta (内裏三百六十首歌) in 1365 was his first significant achievement as a waka poet.[2] He went on to participate in numerous poetry contests and gatherings at court,[2] including: the Nanchō Sanbyaku-ban Uta-awase (南朝三百番歌合, 1371);[2] the Nanchō Gohyaku-ban Uta-awase (南朝五百番歌合, 1375);[2] the Sumiyoshi-sha Sanbyaku-rokujū-ban Uta-awase (住吉社三百六十番歌合, 1375);[2] and the Nanchō Dairi Senshu (南朝内裏千首, 1377).[2]
He had a hand in the compilation of the Shin'yō Wakashū, a quasi-imperial collection of waka that was submitted to the emperor of the Southern Court for his approval in 1381.[2] 25 of his poems were also included in the collection.[2]
References edit
Works cited edit
- Fujihira, Haruo (1983). "Kōun". Nihon Koten Bungaku Daijiten 日本古典文学大辞典 (in Japanese). Vol. 2. Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten. pp. 475–476. OCLC 11917421.