Ōnakatomi no Yorimoto ( c. 886–958, 大中臣頼基) was a 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. ...

'' waka poet'' and Japanese nobleman. He is a designated member of the

Thirty-six Poetry Immortals The are a group of Japanese poets of the Asuka, Nara, and Heian periods selected by Fujiwara no Kintō as exemplars of Japanese poetic ability. The oldest surviving collection of the 36 poets' works is ''Nishi Honganji Sanju-rokunin Kashu'' ...

. Ōnakatomi no Yorimoto's poems are included in several official poetry anthologies, including the ''

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 ...

''. A personal collection known as the ''Yorimoto-shū'' (頼基集) also remains.

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E-text of his poems
in Japanese 10th-century Japanese poets 880s births 958 deaths Year of birth uncertain Date of birth unknown Place of birth unknown Date of death unknown Place of death unknown {{Japan-writer-stub