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,Digital Daijisen entry "Ryōzen". Shogakukan. he flourished around 998 to 1064.McMillan 2010 : 144 (note 70).
A Tendai monk at Hiei-zan, he later became of the Gion Monastery. He lived as a hermit at Ōhara (Japanese Wikipedia) and then, late in life, at .
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: Japanese textSuzuki et al. 2009 : 90.Romanized JapaneseMcMillan 2010 : 169.English translationMcMillan 2010 : 72.さびしさに 宿を立ち出でて ながむれば いづこも同じ 秋の夕暮れSabishisa ni yado wo tachi-idete nagamureba izuku mo onaji aki no yuugureLonely, I step outside my hut and look vacantly around: It's the same all over— Autumn dusk!
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Bibliography
McMillan, Peter. 2010 (1st ed. 2008). One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each. New York: Columbia University Press. Suzuki Hideo, Yamaguchi Shin'ichi, Yoda Yasushi. 2009 (1st ed. 1997). Genshoku: Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. Tokyo: Bun'eidō.
External links List of Egyō's poems in the International Research Center for Japanese Studies's online waka database. Egyō-hōshi-shū in the same database. Egyō on Kotobank.