15th century in poetry

Summary

This page is part of the List of years in poetry
Centuries in poetry: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century
Decades in poetry: 1400s 1410s 1420s 1430s 1440s 1450s 1460s 1470s 1480s 1490s
Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century

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Nezahualcoyotl as depicted in the 16th century Codex Ixtlilxochitl.

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  • Arakida Moritake 荒木田守武 (14731549), the son of Negi Morihide, and a Shinto priest; said to have excelled in waka, renga, and in particular haikai
  • Ikkyū 休宗純, Ikkyū Sōjun 13941481), eccentric, iconic, Rinzai Zen Buddhist priest, poet and sometime mendicant flute player who influenced Japanese art and literature with an infusion of Zen attitudes and ideals; one of the creators of the formal Japanese tea ceremony; well-known to Japanese children through various stories and the subject of a popular Japanese children's television program; made a character in anime fiction
  • Shōtetsu 正徹 (13811459), considered by some the last great poet in the courtly waka tradition; his disciples were important in the development of renga, which led to haiku
  • Sōgi 宗祇 (14211502), Japanese Zen monk who studied waka and renga poetry, then became a professional renga poet in his 30s
  • Yamazaki Sōkan 山崎宗鑑, pen name of Shina Norishige (14651553), renga and haikai poet, court calligrapher for Shōgun Ashikaga Yoshihisa; became a secluded Buddhist monk following the shōgun's death in 1489

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1390s 1390 1391 1392 1393 1394 1395 1396 1397 1398 1399
1400s 1400 1401 1402 1403 1404 1405 1406 1407 1408 1409
1410s 1410 1411 1412 1413 1414 1415 1416 1417 1418 1419
1420s 1420 1421 1422 1423 1424 1425 1426 1427 1428 1429
1430s 1430 1431 1432 1433 1434 1435 1436 1437 1438 1439
1440s 1440 1441 1442 1443 1444 1445 1446 1447 1448 1449
1450s 1450 1451 1452 1453 1454 1455 1456 1457 1458 1459
1460s 1460 1461 1462 1463 1464 1465 1466 1467 1468 1469
1470s 1470 1471 1472 1473 1474 1475 1476 1477 1478 1479
1480s 1480 1481 1482 1483 1484 1485 1486 1487 1488 1489
1490s 1490 1491 1492 1493 1494 1495 1496 1497 1498 1499
1500s 1500 1501 1502 1503 1504 1505 1506 1507 1508 1509

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c d Preminger, Alex and T. V. F. Brogan, et al., The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993. New York: MJF Books/Fine Communications
  2. ^ a b Olsen, Kirsten, Chronology of Women's History, p 55, Greenwood Publishing Group, 1994, ISBN 0-313-28803-8, ISBN 978-0-313-28803-6, retrieved via Google Books on May 26, 2009
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Miguel Leon-Portilla (1978). Trece Poetas del Mundo Azteca [Thirteen Poets of the Aztec World] (in Spanish) (2nd, 1972 ed.). Mexico City: Universidad Nacinal Autonoma de Mexico.
  4. ^ Mohan, Sarala Jag, Chapter 4: "Twentieth-Century Gujarati Literature" (Google books link), in Natarajan, Nalini, and Emanuel Sampath Nelson, editors, Handbook of Twentieth-century Literatures of India, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1996, ISBN 978-0-313-28778-7, retrieved December 10, 2008