late Heian period · 1113–?Priest Shun'e

A late Heian monk-poet, son of Minamoto no Toshiyori and grandson of Tsunenobu. A priest of Tōdai-ji, he turned his residence in the capital into the Karin-en, a poetry salon where poets of all ranks, including Kamo no Chōmei, Jakuren and Minamoto no Yorimasa, gathered for meetings and contests. He was the teacher of Chōmei, whose treatise on poetry preserves many of his sayings. His style is plain and gentle. About eighty-five of his poems appear in imperial anthologies. His Hyakunin Isshu poem, in a woman's voice, resents even the chinks of her bedroom that are slow to let in the dawn.