was a Japanese '' waka'' poet and

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scholar'' MyPedia'' article "Ōe no Chisato". 2007. Hitachi Systems & Services. of the late ninth and early tenth centuries. His exact birth and death dates are unknown''Britannica Kokusai Dai-hyakkajiten'' article "Ōe no Chisato". 2007. Britannica Japan Co.''Digital Daijisen'' entry "Ōe no Chisato". Shogakukan. but he flourished around 889 to 923.McMillan 2010 : 136 (note 23). He was one of the Chūko Sanjūrokkasen and one of his poems was included in the '' Ogura Hyakunin Isshu''.Suzuki et al. 2009 : 35. He was a son of and a nephew of

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and Ariwara no Narihira. Ten of his poems were included in the '' Kokin Wakashū'' and fifteen in later

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. The following poem by him was included as No. 23 in

Fujiwara no Teika , better-known as Fujiwara no Teika"Sadaie" and "Teika" are both possible readings of ; "...there is the further problem, the rendition of the name in romanized form. Teika probably referred to himself as Sadaie, and his father probably called ...

's '' Ogura Hyakunin Isshu'':

References

Bibliography

*McMillan, Peter. 2010 (1st ed. 2008). ''One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each''. New York: Columbia University Press. *Suzuki Hideo, Yamaguchi Shin'ichi, Yoda Yasushi. 2009 (1st ed. 1997). ''Genshoku: Ogura Hyakunin Isshu''. Tokyo: Bun'eidō. 9th century in Japan 9th-century Japanese poets 10th-century Japanese people 10th-century Japanese poets Ōe clan Japanese male poets Hyakunin Isshu poets {{Japan-poet-stub