Yoshida Kenko

Kenkō was born around 1283 into the Urabe family, the son of an official. He served at court while young, as an officer of the palace guard, then became a Buddhist monk, for reasons that are still debated. He continued to write poems and took part in court poetry contests, attested in 1335 and in 1344. The sources do not agree on his birth name, and it is accepted that he died around 1350, with no more certainty about the place.

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