:''This is about the 10th-century Japanese poet. For the 9th-century Japanese statesman, see

Fujiwara no Nagayoshi :''This is about the 9th-century Japanese statesman. For the 10th-century Japanese poet also known as Nagayoshi, see Fujiwara no Nagatō.'' , also known as Fujiwara no Nagayoshi, was a Japanese statesman, courtier and politician of the early He ...

.'' , also known as Nagayoshi, was a Japanese poet and a court bureaucrat of the Heian period. He was the son of Fujiwara no Tomoyasu. His sister was the mother of Fujiwara no Michitsuna, writer of the famous diary, ''

Kagerō Nikki is a work of classical Japanese literature, written around 974, that falls under the genre of '' nikki bungaku'', or diary literature. The author of ''Kagerō Nikki'' was a woman known only as the Mother of Michitsuna. Using a combination of wak ...

'' (蜻蛉日記). Another sister was a mother of '' Sugawara no Takasue no musume'' (菅原孝標女), writer of the famous diary, ''Sarashina Nikki'' (更級日記). He was one of "Thirty-Six Poetic Geniuses" or "

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'' ...

" (Sanjūrokkasen). His pupil on Waka was priest Nōin (能因). Reputedly, he died due to anxiety over careless criticism of his poem by

Fujiwara no Kintō , also known as Shijō-dainagon, was a Japanese poet, admired by his contemporaries "... Fujiwara no Kinto (966–1008), the most admired poet of the day." pg 283 of Donald Keene's '' Seeds in the Heart''. and a court bureaucrat of the Heian p ...

, one of the most talented poets.

References

* Owada, T. et al. (2003). ‘’Nihonshi Shoka Keizu Jimmei Jiten’’.

Kodansya is a Japanese privately-held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha is the largest Japanese publishing company, and it produces the manga magazines '' Nakayoshi'', ''Afternoon'', ''Evening'', ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' a ...

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