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- Asukai Gayu é£Âé³¥äºÂéÂÂ
æÂÂ, also known as "Asukai Masaari" (1241âÂÂ1301), Kamakura period nobleman and poet; has 86 poems in the official anthology Shokukokin WakashÃ
«
- Eifuku-mon In æ°¸ç¦ÂéÂÂé¢, also written "Eifuku Mon'in", also known as Saionji ShÃ
Âko 西åÂÂ寺ãÂÂãÂÂãÂÂÃ¥ÂÂ, 西åÂÂ寺é±å (1271âÂÂ1342) Kamakura period poet and a consort of the 92nd emperor, Fushimi; she belonged to the KyÃ
Âgoku school of verse; has poems in the GyokuyÃ
ÂshÃ
« anthology
- Fujiwara no Ietaka è¤åÂÂå®¶é (1158âÂÂ1237), early Kamakura period waka poet; has several poems in the Shin Kokin WakashÃ
« anthology; related by marriage to Jakuren; pupil of Fujiwara no Shunzei's
- Fujiwara no Shunzei è¤åÂÂä¿ÂæÂÂ, also known as "Fujiwara no Toshinari", "Shakua" éÂÂé¿, "Akihiro" é¡Â庠(1114âÂÂ1204), poet and nobleman, noted for his innovations in the waka poetic form and for compiling Senzai WakashÃ
« ("Collection of a Thousand Years"), the seventh Imperial anthology of waka poetry; father of Fujiwara no Teika; son of Fujiwara no Toshitada
- Fujiwara no Tameie è¤åÂÂçº家 (1198âÂÂ1275), the central figure in a circle of poets after the JÃ
ÂkyÃ
« War in 1221; second son of poets Teika and Abutuni
- Fujiwara no Teika è¤åÂÂå®Âå®¶, also known as "Fujiwara no Sadaie" or "Sada-ie" (1162âÂÂ1242), a widely venerated late Heian period and early Kamakura period waka poet and (for centuries) extremely influential critic; also a scribe, scholar and widely influential anthologist; the Tale of Matsura is generally attributed to him; son of Fujiwara no Shunzei; associated with Jakuren
- Emperor Go-Toba, å¾Â鳥羽天çÂÂ, also known as å±±ç§Âå§æÂ£ (1180âÂÂ1239)
- GyÃ
Âi è¡ÂæÂ (1177âÂÂ1217?), late Heian, early Kamakura period poet and Buddhist monk; one of the New Thirty-six Poetry Immortals; son of Fujiwara no Motofusa
- Jakuren å¯Âè®, also known as "Fujiwara no Sadanaga" è¤åÂÂå®Âé· before becoming a monk (1139âÂÂ1202), initially adopted by Fujiwara no Shunzei, later stepped aside as Shunzei's heir and became a Buddhist priest; on the model of Saigyo, traveled around the country, composing poems; frequently associated with Fujiwara no Teika; one of six compilers of the eighth imperial waka anthology, Shin Kokin WakashÃ
«, which contains 36 of his poems; adopted Fujiwara no Ietaka, a pupil of Shunzei's; has a poem in the Hyakunin Isshu anthology
- Jakushitsu GenkÃ
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 (1290âÂÂ1367), Rinzai Zen master, poet, flute player, and first abbot of Eigen-ji, which was constructed solely for him to teach Zen
- Jien æÂ
Âå (1155âÂÂ1225) poet, historian, and Buddhist monk
- Kamo no ChÃ
Âmei é´¨é·æÂ (1155âÂÂ1216), author, waka poet and essayist
- Sesson YÃ
«bai éªæÂÂÃ¥ÂÂæ¢Â
(1290âÂÂ1348), poet and Buddhist priest of the Rinzai sect who founded temples
- Princess Shikishi å¼ÂÃ¥ÂÂÃ¥ÂÂ
親ç (d. 1201), late Heian and early Kamakura period poet, never-married daughter of Emperor Go-Shirakawa; entered service at the Kamo Shrine in Kyoto in 1159, later left the shrine, in later years a Buddhist nun; has 49 poems in the Shin Kokin ShÃ
« anthology
- Shunzei's Daughter, popular name of Fujiwara Toshinari no Musume è¤åÂÂä¿ÂæÂÂ女ãÂÂ, also è¤åÂÂä¿ÂæÂÂå¿女ãÂÂçÂÂ(太)Ã¥ÂÂ宮大夫ä¿ÂæÂÂ(å¿)女, è¶Âé¨ç¦Â
å°¼ (c. 1171 â c. 1252), called the greatest female poet of her day, ranked with Princess Shikishi; her grandfather was the poet Fujiwara no Shunzei
- Ton'a é Âé¿ also spelled as "Tonna"; lay name: NikaidÃ
 Sadamune äºÂéÂÂå Âè²Âå® (1289âÂÂ1372), poet and Buddhist monk
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