was a Japanese ''
waka'' poet and nobleman during the
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 is also known as the , having served as
Sadaijin
The ''Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary'', Kenkyusha Limited, was a government position in Japan in the late Nara and Heian periods. The position was consolidated in the Taihō Code of 702.
The Asuka Kiyomihara Code of 689 marks the ini ...
in the Heian imperial administration.
Poetry
One of his poems is included in ''
Hyakunin Isshu'':
External links
E-text of his poemsin Japanese
Tokudaiji family
1139 births
1192 deaths
12th-century Japanese poets
Hyakunin Isshu poets
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