Fujiwara no Sadayori (藤原定頼; 995-1045[1]) was a Japanese waka poet of the mid-Heian period. One of his poems was included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu.[1] He produced a private collection.[1]
Biography
He was the eldest son of Fujiwara no Kintō and, on his mother's side, a grandson of Emperor Murakami.[1]
He served director for military affairs before becoming middle councilor.[1] He was well known as both a poet and a calligrapher.[1]
Poetry
Forty-five of his poems were included in imperial anthologies, and he was listed as one of the Late Classical Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry (中古三十六歌仙, Chūko Sanjū-Rokkasen).[1]
The following poem by him was included as No. 64 in Fujiwara no Teika's Ogura Hyakunin Isshu:
| Japanese text[2] | Romanized Japanese[3] | English translation[4] |
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References
- MacMillan 2010, p. 143 (note 64).
- Suzuki, Yamaguchi & Yoda 2009, pp. 82–83.
- MacMillan 2010, p. 168.
- MacMillan 2010, p. 66.
Bibliography
- MacMillan, Peter (2010). One hundred poets, one poem each: a treasury of classical Japanese verse. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231143998.
- Suzuki, Hideo; Yamaguchi, Shin'ichi; Yoda, Yasushi (2009). Genshoku: Ogura Hyakunin Isshu (in Japanese). Tokyo: Bun'eidō.
General references
- Keene, Donald (1999). A History of Japanese Literature, Vol. 1: Seeds in the Heart — Japanese Literature from Earliest Times to the Late Sixteenth Century. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-11441-7.
External links
- List of Fujiwara no Sadayori's poems Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine in the International Research Center for Japanese Studies's online waka database.
- Fujiwara no Sadayori on Kotobank.