Ariwara no Yukihira
Illustration — Ariwara no Yukihira (left) in exile on Suma Island with Matsukaze and Murasame, depicted in an 1887 woodblock print by Yoshitoshi. Ariwara Ariwara no Yukihira was a Japanese Heian period courtier and bureaucrat, who held a number of positions over the course of his life. At one time or another, he was governor of the provinces of Harima, Bizen, Shinano, and Bitchū.
Ariwara no Yukihira

Attributed to Fujiwara no Tametsugu · The Japanese book "大和絵 (Yamatoe, 日本画大成第1巻)", 東方書院 (Tōhō Shoin), 1931 · Public domain
- Born
- 818
- Died
- 893
- Nationality
- Japan
- Occupation
- poet
- Languages
- Japanese
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Illustration — Ariwara no Yukihira (left) in exile on Suma Island with Matsukaze and Murasame, depicted in an 1887 woodblock print by Yoshitoshi. Ariwara Ariwara no Yukihira was a Japanese Heian period courtier and bureaucrat, who held a number of positions over the course of his life. At one time or another, he was governor of the provinces of Harima, Bizen, Shinano, and Bitchū.
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Born in 818, died in 893.
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Hishikawa Moronobu · This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. See the Image and Data Resources Open Access Policy
Yukihira and Two Sisters by Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1840-1848, woodblock print, James Michener Collection, Honolulu Museum of Art, accession 21689
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