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However, he disliked the worldly duties of his work and, after wandering around the Kinki region for a while, made his way back to Mount Koya. He later read widely in Japanese classics under the patronage of [[Fuseya Shigeta]], a patron of the arts in [[Izumi Province]]. After serving as chief priest at Myohoji, Keichū spent his last years at Enju’an in [[Kōzu]] in the Province of [[Settsu province|Settsu]]. |
However, he disliked the worldly duties of his work and, after wandering around the Kinki region for a while, made his way back to Mount Koya. He later read widely in Japanese classics under the patronage of [[Fuseya Shigeta]], a patron of the arts in [[Izumi Province]]. After serving as chief priest at Myohoji, Keichū spent his last years at Enju’an in [[Kōzu]] in the Province of [[Settsu province|Settsu]]. |
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His prolific works set a new standard in the study of the classics, though building on recent revivals of interest in the subject. When the [[daimyo]] |
His prolific works set a new standard in the study of the classics, though building on recent revivals of interest in the subject. When the [[daimyo]] of [[Mito]], [[Tokugawa Mitsukuni]], decided to sponsor an edition of the [[Man'yōshū]], he commissioned Shimonokōbe Chōryū, heir to the learning of the great poet and Man’yō expert [[Kinoshita Chōshōshi]] (木下長嘯子:[[1569]] – [[1649]]), to undertake the project. However his dilatory approach, combined with illness, impeded his work and the task fell to Keichū, a close friend. The result was the latter’s ''Man’yō Daishōki'' (万葉集大匠記:1687-1690), which had a profound effect on [[kokugaku]] scholarship. In addition Keichū wrote the ''Kōganshō'', the ''Kokin Yozaishō'', the ''Seigodan'', the ''Genchū Shūi'', the ''[[Hyakunin Isshu]] Kaikanshō'', and the ''[[Waji]] Shōranshō'' |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Revision as of 19:35, 25 April 2007
Keichū (契沖), 1640 – 3 April 1701) was a priest of the Shingon sect and a scholar of Kokugaku in the mid Edo period. Keichū’s grandfather was a personal retainer of Kato Kiyomasa but his father was a rōnin(牢人/浪人) from the Amagasaki fief. When he was young, Keichū studied at Kaijō in Myōhōji, Imasato, Osaka. He attained the post of Ajari (or Azari) at Mount Kōya. Following this he became chief priest at Mandara-in in Ikutama, Osaka, during which time he was friendly with Shimonokōbe Chōryū (下河辺長流:1624 – 1686.
However, he disliked the worldly duties of his work and, after wandering around the Kinki region for a while, made his way back to Mount Koya. He later read widely in Japanese classics under the patronage of Fuseya Shigeta, a patron of the arts in Izumi Province. After serving as chief priest at Myohoji, Keichū spent his last years at Enju’an in Kōzu in the Province of Settsu.
His prolific works set a new standard in the study of the classics, though building on recent revivals of interest in the subject. When the daimyo of Mito, Tokugawa Mitsukuni, decided to sponsor an edition of the Man'yōshū, he commissioned Shimonokōbe Chōryū, heir to the learning of the great poet and Man’yō expert Kinoshita Chōshōshi (木下長嘯子:1569 – 1649), to undertake the project. However his dilatory approach, combined with illness, impeded his work and the task fell to Keichū, a close friend. The result was the latter’s Man’yō Daishōki (万葉集大匠記:1687-1690), which had a profound effect on kokugaku scholarship. In addition Keichū wrote the Kōganshō, the Kokin Yozaishō, the Seigodan, the Genchū Shūi, the Hyakunin Isshu Kaikanshō, and the Waji Shōranshō