Ōnakatomi no Sukechika (大中臣輔親, 954 - July 6, 1038) was a Japanese

Waka Waka may refer to: Culture and language * Waka (canoe), a Polynesian word for canoe; especially, canoes of the Māori of New Zealand ** Waka ama, a Polynesian outrigger canoe ** Waka hourua, a Polynesian ocean-going canoe ** Waka taua, a Māori w ...

poet, Shinto priest and noble from the middle

Heian period The is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. It followed the Nara period, beginning when the 50th emperor, Emperor Kanmu, moved the capital of Japan to Heian-kyō (modern Kyoto). means "peace" in Japanese. ...

. He was the son of

Ōnakatomi no Yoshinobu Ōnakatomi no Yoshinobu (921–991, 大中臣能宣, also Ōnakatomi no Yoshinobu Ason 大中臣能宣朝臣) was a middle Heian period '' waka poet'' and Japanese nobleman. His granddaughter was the famous later Heian poet Ise no Taiu. He is d ...

. His poems are included in the Japanese imperial poetry anthology

Shūi Wakashū The , often abbreviated as ''Shūishū'', is the third imperial anthology of waka from Heian period Japan. It was compiled by Emperor Kazan in about 1005.Keene 1999 : 283 Its twenty volumes contain 1,351 poems. The details of its publication and ...

. He also authored a personal collection entitled ''Sukechikadono-shū'' (輔親卿集). One of his poems was also included in the ''Aikoku Hyakunin Isshu'' of 1943.

External links

Ōnakatomi no Sukechika's poetry online
in Japanese Japanese poets 954 births 1038 deaths {{Japan-poet-stub