Fujiwara no Takamitsu

His father was Fujiwara no Morosuke, and his mother was Masako Naishin'nō, the daughter of Emperor Daigo. He was a brilliant waka poet, acclaimed as a genius when he was fifteen, and was included in the Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry. Takamitsu’s decision to abandon family and social station for life as a Buddhist monk in 961, along with his extended family’s grief over that action, is documented in Tōnomine Shōshō Monogatari. Takamitsu, upon renouncing the world, first lived in “the monastery on Mount Hiei, not far from the capital” but relocated, perhaps as early as 962, “to remote Tōnomine, where he spent the rest of his life, occasioning the name by which he is usually known.” Takamitsu's poems are included in several imperial poetry anthologies from the Gosen Wakashū on. A personal collection known as the "Takamitsu Anthology is also extant.

His recorded language was Japanese. His recorded confession was Tendai. He was the child of Fujiwara no Morosuke and Gashi-naishinnō. He married Fujiwara no Atsutoshi's daughter (Fujiwara no Takamitsu's wife) and Daughter of Fujiwara no Morouchi. One child is recorded: Fujiwara no Takamitsu's daughter.