Fujiwara no Mototoshi
Illustration — Fujiwara no Mototoshi in the Ogura Hyakunin isshu. Fujiwara no Mototoshi (藤原 基俊, 1060–1142) was a waka poet and Japanese nobleman active in the Heian period. One of his poems is included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu.
Fujiwara no Mototoshi
Print artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川国芳) Print artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川広重) Print artist: Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞 Toyokuni III) · Public domain
- Born
- 1060
- Died
- 1142
- Nationality
- Japan
- Occupation
- poet · writer · calligrapher
- Languages
- Japanese
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Illustration — Fujiwara no Mototoshi in the Ogura Hyakunin isshu. Fujiwara no Mototoshi (藤原 基俊, 1060–1142) was a waka poet and Japanese nobleman active in the Heian period. One of his poems is included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu.
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Identity and origins
He served as Udaijin in the Heian administration. Mototoshi was the compiler of the anthology Shinsen Rōeishū (新撰朗詠集), and his poems were included in the anthology Kin'yō Wakashū.
His recorded language was Japanese. He was the child of Fujiwara no Toshiie. He married Minamoto no Takakuni's daughter (Fujiwara no Mototoshi's wife) and Daughter of Fujiwara no Sadanao (wife of Fujiwara no Mototoshi). 2 children are recorded: Fujiwara no Yoshinaka and Kōkaku.
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Fujiwara no Mototoshi is recorded as poet, writer and calligrapher.
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1060
Fujiwara no Mototoshi born.
1142
Fujiwara no Mototoshi died.
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