③『東常縁』とは？
Who was Tō no Tsuneyori?
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和歌の家系として、代々高名な歌人を輩出してきた『東氏』の中で、とくに異彩を放っていたのが『9代目・常縁（つねより）』でした。『東氏』のDNAを受け継ぎ、正徹（しょうてつ）や尭孝（ぎょうこう）などの中世を代表する歌人から意欲的に学びました。さらに『常縁』は、非凡な和歌の才能をもっていただけではく、先人たちが残した和歌の意味を読み解く研究も極め、『古今和歌集（こきんわかしゅう）』学者として確かな地位を築き上げました。そして後に、連歌師『宗祇』へ『古今伝授（こきんでんじゅ）』を行い、『古今伝授の祖』と呼ばれるようになりました。
The Tō Clan produced generations of renowned poets, and one of the most notable was its ninth leader, Tsuneyori. Carrying on the literary tradition of the Tō Clan, he eagerly learned from prominent poets of the medieval era, including Shōtetsu and Gyōkō. Tsuneyori was not only an extraordinarily talented waka poet, but he also mastered the study of waka poetry left by his predecessors through reading and analyzing their works.
He established himself as a student of the Kokin Wakashū (A Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern), the first imperial poetry anthology and arguably the most important collection ever produced in Japan. He also shared his knowledge of Kokin Wakashū poetry analysis with the poet Sōgi, an undisputed master of renga, a type of linked-verse poetry popular in the medieval era. This process of transmitting poetic knowledge is called Kokin Denju.
He established himself as a student of the Kokin Wakashū (A Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern), the first imperial poetry anthology and arguably the most important collection ever produced in Japan. He also shared his knowledge of Kokin Wakashū poetry analysis with the poet Sōgi, an undisputed master of renga, a type of linked-verse poetry popular in the medieval era. This process of transmitting poetic knowledge is called Kokin Denju.