Fujiwara no Sadayori
Illustration — Fujiwara no Sadayori, from the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. A Japanese waka poet of the mid-Heian period. One of his poems was included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu.
Fujiwara no Sadayori
Kobayashi Kiyochika · https: 東京都立図書館 · Public domain
- Born
- 995
- Died
- 1045
- Nationality
- Japan
- Occupation
- poet · kugyō · calligrapher
- Languages
- Japanese
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Illustration — Fujiwara no Sadayori, from the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. A Japanese waka poet of the mid-Heian period. One of his poems was included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu.
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Fujiwara no Sadayori worked as calligrapher, kugyō and poet and was Japan. Born in 995. Fujiwara no Sadayori died in 1045. The language is Japanese.
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Biography
Biography
He produced a private collection.
He was the eldest son of Fujiwara no Kintō and, on his mother's side, a grandson of Emperor Murakami. He served director for military affairs before becoming middle councilor. He was well known as both a poet and a calligrapher.
Poetry
Poetry
Forty-five of his poems were included in imperial anthologies, and he was listed as one of the Late Classical Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry. The following poem by him was included as No. 64 in Fujiwara no Teika's Ogura Hyakunin Isshu: • Japanese text — Romanized Japanese — English translation •:朝ぼらけ:宇治の川霧:たえだえに:あらはれわたる:瀬々の網代木 —:Asaborake:uji no kawa-giri:tae-dae ni:araware-wataru:se-ze no ajiro-gi —:As the fog rises:and thins in patches:in the shallows appear:stakes of the fishing nets—:Winter, dawn, the Uji river.
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
His recorded language was Japanese. He was the child of Fujiwara no Kintō and Akihira-shinnō's daughter. He married Minamoto no Narimasa's daughter (Fujiwara no Sadayori's wife). 3 children are recorded: Fujiwara no Tsuneie, Daughter of Fujiwara no Sadayori and Fujiwara no Sadayori's daughter.
Identificatie Titel(s): Sadayori (titel op object) Ogura imitatie van honderd dichters (serietitel) Vergelijkingen met de honderd Ogura gedichten. Ogura nazorae hyakunin isshu
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Album of colour woodblock prints. 51 prints?
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)
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The full dated record · 2 entries
995
Fujiwara no Sadayori born.
1045
Fujiwara no Sadayori died.
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Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- MacMillan, Peter. One hundred poets, one poem each: a treasury of classical Japanese verse. Columbia University Press. 2010. 9780231143998.
- Suzuki, Hideo. Genshoku: Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. Bun'eidō. 2009.
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