Munenaga

Munenaga - shinnō (Japanese宗良 亲王, dt " Prince Munenaga ", * 1311, † September 14, 1385 ), also known as Muneyoshi - shinnō, was read a Japanese prince ( Shinnōke ), a Buddhist monk and poet.

The son of Emperor Go - Daigo and (through his mother ) grandson of the poet Nijo Tameyo was a Buddhist monk in his youth. He joined the Myōhōin Monastery, where already noticed his poetic talent, which was that of Jiens equal. 1330 he was appointed abbot of the monastery Enryaku -ji head of the Tendai school of Buddhism.

During his father's exile Munenaga lived in the province of Sanuki, after his return to Kyoto it was used again in its function. After the expulsion of Go- Daigo's Munenaga fled with the general and historian Kitabatake Chikafusa in the province of Ise. In the next few years he worked as a military leader, diplomat and poet on the side of Südhofes.

1375 was Munenage referee when poetry competition Nancho Gohyakuban Uta awase on the southern imperial court. Fifty of the poems were included in the compiled by him imperial collection Shin'yō Wakashū.

Swell

• Michael F. Marra: " Representations of power: the literary politics of medieval Japan," University of Hawaii Press, 1993, ISBN 9780824815561, pp. 41-54
• Robin D. Gill: "Mad in Translation", paraverse Press, 2009, ISBN 9780974261874, p 690
• Hamamatsu Books: Prince Munenaga

• Author
• Poetry
• Literature (Japanese)
• Literature (14th century)
• Prince (Japan)
• Man
• Born in 1311
• Died in 1385