Sesson Yūbai (雪村 友梅, 1290 - 14th day of the 1st month, 1347) was a Japanese Zen Buddhist monk of the Rinzai sect.
Many of the poems were created during or about this period survive; and they form the basis of his reputation.
[2] In Bingatshū, the collection of 242 poems includes this one: With the patronage of the Akamatsu clan, Yūbai was able to become the founder of a number of provincial Buddhist temple-monasteries in Japan, including Hōun-ji and Hōrin-ji in Harima, Hyōgo.
[3] Some of these temples were ranked among the provincial jissatsu by Muromachi shogunate,[3] which encouraged its vasssls shugo to found monetaries in the provinces.
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