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Prince Motoyoshi (元良親王, ''Motoyoshi shinnō'', 890-July 26, 943) was a poet and nobleman of the Heian period. One of his poems is included in the ''Ogura Hyakunin Isshu'' as number 20 in the anthology. Twenty of his poems were included in the ''Gosen Wakashū''; a personal anthology entitled ''Motoyoshi Shinnō-shū'' (元良親王集) is also extant. He was the eldest son of Emperor Yōzei. His wives included Shūshi, a daughter of Emperor Daigo, and Kaishi, a daughter of Emperor Uda. Family Parents *Father: Emperor Yōzei (陽成天皇, 2 January 869 – 23 October 949) *Mother: Daughter of Fujiwara no Tonaga (藤原遠長) Consorts and issue(s): *Wife: Daughter of Fujiwara no Tonaga (藤原遠長) **Son: Prince Saji (佐時王) *Wife: Imperial Princess Shūshi (修子内親王; d.933), eighth daughter of Emperor Daigo **Son: Prince Sayori (佐頼王) *Wife: Imperial Princess Kaishi (誨子内親王; 894–952), daughter of Emperor Uda was the 59th emperor of ...
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is a classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese Waka (poetry), ''waka'' by one hundred poets. ''Hyakunin isshu'' can be translated to "one hundred people, one poem [each]"; it can also refer to the card game of ''uta-garuta'', which uses a deck composed of cards based on the ''Hyakunin Isshu''. The most famous and standard version was compiled by Fujiwara no Teika (1162–1241) while he lived in the Ukyō-ku, Kyoto, Ogura district of Kyoto. It is therefore also known as . Compilation One of Teika's diaries, the ''Meigetsuki'' (明月記), says that his son Fujiwara no Tameie, Tameie asked him to arrange one hundred poems for Tameie's father-in-law, Utsunomiya Yoritsuna, who was furnishing a residence near Ukyō-ku, Kyoto, Mount Ogura; hence the full name of ''Ogura Hyakunin Isshu''. In order to decorate screens of the residence, Fujiwara no Teika produced the calligraphy poem sheets. Hishikawa Moronobu (1618–1694) provided moku hanga, woodblock portraits for each o ...
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