was an early 10th Century middle Heian ''

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 and Japanese nobleman. Great-grandchild of

Fujiwara no Hamanari was a Japanese noble and poet of the Nara period. He was the son of Fujiwara no Maro, and, according to the genealogy book '' Sonpi Bunmyaku'', his mother was Uneme of Yakami no Kōri, Inaba Province, who is probably the same person who had a ...

. He is designated as a 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'' ...

. 38 of his poems are included in the anthologies compiled by the imperial order following ''

Kokin Wakashū The , commonly abbreviated as , is an early anthology of the ''waka'' form of Japanese poetry, dating from the Heian period. An imperial anthology, it was conceived by Emperor Uda () and published by order of his son Emperor Daigo () in about ...

''. One of his poems is included in the famous anthology ''

Hyakunin Isshu is a classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese ''waka'' by one hundred poets. ''Hyakunin isshu'' can be translated to "one hundred people, one poem ach; it can also refer to the card game of ''uta-garuta'', which uses a deck compos ...

''.Mostow, Joshua S. ''Pictures of the Heart: The Hyakunin Isshu in Word and Image''. University of Hawaii Press, 1996. . p. 243+443 Okikaze's poems are included in several imperial poetry anthologies, including ''

''. A personal poetry collection known as the ''Okikazeshū'' also remains. It is said he was talented in kangen (

gagaku is a type of Japanese classical music that was historically used for imperial court music and dances. was developed as court music of the Kyoto Imperial Palace, and its near-current form was established in the Heian period (794-1185) around t ...

piece without dance). He was conferred , of Japanese court rank.

External links

E-text of his poems
in Japanese

References

Japanese poets Fujiwara clan Date of birth unknown Date of death unknown Hyakunin Isshu poets {{japan-writer-stub