Shun'e

Shun'e (俊恵; also read Sun'e; 1113 – c. 1191), also known as Tayū no Kimi (大夫公), 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.

Shun'e, from the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu.

Name

His Buddhist name is also read Sun'e,^[1] and he is also known by the name Tayū no Kimi.^[1][2]

Biography

He was born in 1113, the son of Minamoto no Toshiyori.^[1][2][3] His maternal grandfather was Fujiwara no Atsutaka.^[4] He was tutored in waka composition by his father, but after the latter died he appears to have taken monastic orders in Tōdai-ji.^[1] His exact date of death is uncertain,^[1][2] but it was likely around 1191.^[3]

Poetry

Eighty-three of his poems were included in imperial anthologies, and he was recognized as one of the Late Classical Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry.^[3]

He was a poetic mentor to Kamo no Chōmei.^[2][3]

The following poem by him was included as No. 85 in Fujiwara no Teika's Ogura Hyakunin Isshu:

Japanese text[5]	Romanized Japanese[6]	English translation[7]
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 Rin'yō Wakashū (林葉和歌集).^[1][2][3]