was a Japanese poet and statesman. He was born the son of Emperor Saga and a member of the Saga Genji clan. He is sometimes mentioned as the model for

Hikaru Genji is the protagonist of Murasaki Shikibu's important Heian-era Japanese novel '' The Tale of Genji''. The story describes him as a superbly handsome man and a genius. Genji is the second son of a Japanese emperor, but he is relegated to civilia ...

in important Japanese literary classic '' The Tale of Genji''. Under his title Kawara no Sadaijin (河原左大臣, '' Minister of the Left of Kawara''), he is the author of poem 14 in the '' Ogura Hyakunin Isshu'' poetry anthology: The poem originally appeared in the Kokinshū, no. 724. Here is another translation: : ''The dye with hare's-foot-fern, of Michinoku—who else would have made me feel as disturbed?'' The poet is also famous for making a replica of the ''uta-makura'' Shiogama ("poetic place name") in his garden. His tomb resides at the

Seiryō-ji is a Buddhist temple in the Saga district of Ukyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan. It is also known as Saga Shaka-dō. It is devoted to the practice of Yuzu Nembutsu. Initially, the temple belonged to the Kegon sect; then it became a Pure Land temple. The ' ...

, a Buddhist temple situated on what was once Saga Moor in Kyoto. We also see one of his poems included in the Gosen Wakashū.

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822 births 895 deaths Minamoto clan Hyakunin Isshu poets Sons of emperors {{Japan-writer-stub