About Shinkei
Lived 1406 – 1475 (aged 68–69). Shinkei was a Japanese poet and writer.
Shinkei (心敬, 1406 – 14 May 1475) was a Japanese Buddhist priest and poet (tanka and renga poetry).
Life and work Shinkei was born in Taisha, Kii Province (now Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture) in 1406. He was a Buddhist priest at an early age and quickly rose to the rank of Daisōzu (大僧都, Senior Director). For more than thirty years he remained a student with the poet Shōtetsu. His poems are based on the Japanese aesthetic ideal called yūgen (幽玄).
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Who was Shinkei?
Japanese poet and writer
When was Shinkei born?
Shinkei was born in 1406 in Kii Province.
When did Shinkei die?
Shinkei died on 14 May 1475.
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Shinkei was a poet and writer.
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Shinkei was Japanese.
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