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Biography
Introduction
Ryōzen (良暹, dates unknown, but flourished c. 998—1064) was a Japanese waka poet of the mid-Heian period. One of his poems was included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu, and thirty-one of his poems were included in imperial anthologies from the Goshūi Wakashū on.
Biography
Although his exact birth and death dates are unknown, he flourished around 998 to 1064.
A Tendai monk at Hiei-zan, he later became abbot (別当, bettō) of the Gion Monastery. He lived as a hermit at Ōhara (Japanese Wikipedia) and then, late in life, at Unrin'in (雲林院, Japanese Wikipedia).
Poetry
Thirty-one of his poems were included in imperial anthologies from the Goshūi Wakashū on.
The following poem by him was included as No. 70 in Fujiwara no Teika's Ogura Hyakunin Isshu:
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