, also , 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 Kammu, moved the capital of Japan to Heian-kyō (modern Kyoto). means in Japanese. It is a ...

Japanese nobleman and '' waka'' poet. He is designated as a member of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals,Mostow, Joshua S. (1996) Pictures of the heart : the Hyakunin isshu in word and image p. 287 https://archive.org/details/picturesofhearth0000most/page/287/mode/1up and one of his poems is included in the ''

Ogura 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 ...

'', but one theory holds that his entry in this anthology was not actually written by him. As one of the , Yoshinobu assisted in the compilation of the ''

Gosen Wakashū The , often abbreviated as ''Gosenshū'' ("Later Collection"), is the second imperial anthology of Japanese poetry, Japanese Waka (poetry), waka compiled in 951 in poetry, 951 at the behest of Emperor Murakami by the Five Men of the Pear Chamber ...

''. He also compiled readings for texts from the ''

Man'yōshū The is the oldest extant collection of Japanese (poetry in Classical Japanese), compiled sometime after AD 759 during the Nara period. The anthology is one of the most revered of Japan's poetic compilations. The compiler, or the last in ...

''. Ōnakatomi no Yoshinobu'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 The is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. It followed the Nara period, beginning when the 50th empe ...

''. A personal collection known as the also remains. His son Ōnakatomi no Sukechika was also an important Heian poet, and his granddaughter was the famous later Heian poet Ise no Taiu.

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E-text of his poems
in Japanese 921 births 991 deaths Place of birth unknown 10th-century Japanese poets Hyakunin Isshu poets 10th-century Shintoists {{japan-writer-stub