Egyō

Egyō (恵慶) was a Japanese waka poet of the mid-Heian period. One of his poems was included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. He produced a private collection, the Egyō-hōshi-shū, and was listed as one of the Late Classical Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry.

Biography
Although his exact birth and death dates are unknown, he flourished in the Kanna era in the mid-980s, His name is sometimes read as Ekei.

Poetry
Fifty-six of his poems were included in imperial anthologies from the Shūi Wakashū on, and he was included in the Late Classical Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry.

Along with Anpō (安法), he was a central figure of the Kawara-no-in (河原院) poetry circle of his day, and also associated with the poets Ōnakatomi no Yoshinobu, Ki no Tokifumi and Taira no Kanemori.

The following poem by him was included as No. 47 in Fujiwara no Teika's Ogura Hyakunin Isshu:

He also left a private collection, the Egyō-hōshi-shū (恵慶法師集).

Religion
He is supposed to have delivered sermons on the Buddhist sutras at the Kokubun-ji in Harima Province.