About Shun'e
Lived 1113 – 1191 (aged 77–78). Shun'e was a Japanese poet.
, also known as , was a Japanese waka poet of the late-Heian period. One of his poems was included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. He produced a private collection, the Rin'yō Wakashū, and was listed as one of the Late Classical Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry.
Name His Buddhist name is also read Sun'e, and he is also known by the name Tayū no Kimi.
Biography He was born in 1113, the son of Minamoto no Toshiyori. His maternal grandfather was Fujiwara no Atsutaka. He was tutored in waka composition by his father, but after the latter died he appears to have taken monastic orders in Tōdai-ji.
夜もすがら もの思ふころは 明けやらで 閨のひまさへ つれなかりけり Yomosugara mono-omou koro wa akeyarade neya no hima sae tsurenakarikeri The only relief from the pain of waiting all night long for a lover who does not come would be the break of day, but even gaps in the shutters are too cruel to let in the light of dawn.
He also left a private collection, the .
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Who was Shun'e?
Japanese waka poet
When was Shun'e born?
Shun'e was born in 1113.
When did Shun'e die?
Shun'e died in 1191.
What was Shun'e's occupation?
Shun'e was a poet.
What nationality was Shun'e?
Shun'e was Japanese.
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