Satō Norikiyo

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Satō Norikiyo, better known by his monastic name Saigyō, was a prominent 12th-century Japanese poet and Buddhist monk celebrated for his deeply reflective waka poetry on nature and impermanence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist monk
Heian period person
Japanese poet
Kamakura period person
human
associatedWith Kyoto NERFINISHED
Mount Kōya NERFINISHED
Yoshino NERFINISHED
burialPlace Hirokawa-dera, Kii Province NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Japan
dateOfBirth 1118
dateOfDeath 1190
era early Kamakura period NERFINISHED
late Heian period NERFINISHED
familyName Satō NERFINISHED
formerOccupation courtier
warrior-retainer
gender male
genre poetry
waka
givenName Norikiyo NERFINISHED
hasMonasticNameMeaning Western Journey
influenced later Japanese poets
medieval Japanese poetry
influencedBy Buddhist thought
Japanese nature
knownFor deeply reflective nature poetry
poetry on impermanence
travel poems
languageOfWorkOrName Japanese
literaryPeriod late classical Japanese literature
monasticName Saigyō NERFINISHED
movement Buddhist poetry
nativeName 佐藤義清 NERFINISHED
notableWork Sankashū NERFINISHED
Shinkokin Wakashū (contributions) NERFINISHED
occupation Buddhist monk
poet
placeOfBirth Kyoto NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Hirokawa-dera NERFINISHED
religion Buddhism
religiousOrder Japanese Buddhism NERFINISHED
tookMonasticVowsIn around 1140
writingTheme impermanence (mujō)
seasonal change
solitude
travel and pilgrimage

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Saigyō birthName Satō Norikiyo