Fujiwara no Sanekata
Illustration — Fujiwara no Sanekata, 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 Sanekata
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- 1000
- Died
- 999
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- poet
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Illustration — Fujiwara no Sanekata, 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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He left a private waka collection, the Sanekata-shū.
Sanekata was a great-grandson of Fujiwara no Tadahira, "and commander of the bodyguard." He was raised by his uncle, Fujiwara no Naritoki. He was reportedly a lover of Sei Shōnagon, and exchanged love poems with many women. He was appointed governor of Mutsu Province, and he died while in service there. He died in 998.
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Sixty-seven of his poems were included in imperial anthologies from the Shūi Wakashū on, and he was listed as one of the Late Classical Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry. The following poem by him was included as No. 51 in Fujiwara no Teika's Ogura Hyakunin Isshu: • Japanese text — Romanized Japanese — English translation •:かくとだに:えやはいぶきの:さしも草:さしも知らじな:燃ゆる思ひを —:Kaku to dani:e ya wa ibuki no:sashimo-gusa:sa shimo shiraji na:moyuru omoi wo —:Can I let you know:what consumes me?:Unknown to you:my heart blazes:like red hot moxa:aflame with love:for you. A private collection of his poetry, the Sanekata-shū, survives.
Identificatie Titel(s): Fujiwara no Sanekata Ason (titel op object). Vergelijkingen met de honderd Ogura gedichten (serietitel). Ogura nazorae hyakunin isshu (serietitel op object)
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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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Fujiwara no Sanekata died.
1000
Fujiwara no Sanekata born.
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Peter Macmillan: One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each: A Treasury of Classical Japanese Verse. Penguin Publishing Group, London (UK) 2018, S. 6–11. 34–37, 51 u. 60.
- 2.Michael Stein, Sei Shōnagon: Kopfkissenbuch. Zürich 2015, S. 32, 85 u. 135.
- 3.Hiroko Yoda, Matt Alt: Japandemonium Illustrated..., Mineola 2017, S. 97.
- 4.Yamatani Kazuya: 続・駅名ものがたり 叡山本線・鞍馬線に沿って. Kagikō, Kyōto 1992, ISBN 4-7970-4901-4, S. 120.
- 5.Thomas E. McAuley: Translations and Abbreviations for Major Poetry Anthologies, Leiden 2019, S. 188–201 u. 205.
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