Egyō

was a Japanese waka poet of the mid-Heian period. One of his poems was included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. He produced a private collection, the Egyō-hōshi-shū, and was listed as one of the Late Classical Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry.

Biography Although his exact birth and death dates are unknown, he flourished in the Kanna era in the mid-980s, His name is sometimes read as Ekei.

Poetry

八重葎 しげれる宿の さびしきに 人こそ見えぬ 秋は来にけり Yae mugura shigereru yado no sabishiki ni hito koso miene aki wa kinikeri How lonely this house overgrown with goosegrass weeds. No one visits me— only the weary autumn comes.

He also left a private collection, the .

Religion He is supposed to have delivered sermons on the Buddhist sutras at the Kokubun-ji in Harima Province.