Minamoto no Kintada (889–948, Japanese: 源 公忠, also 源公忠朝臣 ''Miyamoto no Kintada Ason'') was a 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 nobleman. Along with his son
Minamoto no Saneakira
Minamoto no Saneakira (Japanese: 源 信明) (910–970) was a middle Heian ''waka'' poet and nobleman. Along with his father Minamoto no Kintada he was designated a member of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals
The are a group of Japanese poe ...
he is designated 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'' ...
. Under
Emperor Daigo
was the 60th emperor of Japan, Imperial Household Agency (''Kunaichō'') 醍醐天皇 (60)/ref> according to the traditional order of succession.
Daigo's reign spanned the years from 897 through 930. He is named after his place of burial.
Ge ...
and
Emperor Suzaku
was the 61st emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (''Kunaichō'') 朱雀天皇 (61)/ref> according to the traditional order of succession.
Suzaku's reign spanned the years from 930 through 946.
Biography
Before his ascension of the Chrys ...
he was an official in the imperial treasury.
Kintada's poems are included in imperial poetry anthologies from the ''
Goshūi Wakashū
:''"The language of poetry should be like brocade and the feeling deeper than the ocean."'' -from Michitoshi's Preface
The , sometimes abbreviated as ''Goshūishū'', is an imperial anthology of Japanese waka compiled in 1086 at the behest of ...
'' onward. A personal collection known as the ''
Kintadashū'' also remains. The ''
Great Mirror'' and ''
Yamato Monogatari
is a collection of 173 short stories which give details about life in the imperial court in the 9th and 10th centuries. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"''Yamato monogatari''"in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 1047.
It is an ''uta monogatari'' (a w ...
'' preserve anecdotes about him, and he excelled in
falconry
Falconry is the hunting of wild animals in their natural state and habitat by means of a trained bird of prey. Small animals are hunted; squirrels and rabbits often fall prey to these birds. Two traditional terms are used to describe a person ...
and
kōdō
is the art of appreciating Japanese incense, and involves using incense within a structure of codified conduct. ''Kōdō'' includes all aspects of the incense process, from the , to activities such as the incense-comparing games ''kumikō'' () a ...
, in addition to poetry.
External links
E-text of his poemsin Japanese
889 births
948 deaths
Minamoto clan
10th-century Japanese poets
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