Asukai Gayu

Comprehensive information about Asukai Gayu including biographical information, facts, literary works, and more. Asukai Gayu also known as Asukai Masaari ( , 1241 – February 20, 1301) was a Kamakura period nobleman and poet. He lived in Kamakura and occupied a high position in the Shogunate (, bakufu ). Eighty six of his poems are represented in the official collection Shokukokin Wakashu ( ). He also has a personal collection, The Woman Next Door (, rinjo wakashu ) . This educational Asukai Gayu resource has information about the author's life, works, quotations, articles and essays, and more.