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きせん 喜撰
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1. Kisen; Poet of the Heian period, included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu​
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2. Kisen​also known as Kisen Hōshi was an early Heian period Buddhist monk and poet. Little is known about his life other than that he lived in Ujiyama. When Ki no Tsurayuki wrote the Japanese preface of the Kokinshū, he selected Kisen as one of the six poetic sages whose work was to be considered as superior. Tsurayuki says the following to comment on Kisen's work. ことばかすかにして 始め終り たしかならず。 kotoba kasuka ni shite hajime wohari tashikanarazu.
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