Kiyohara no Motosuke
Illustration — Kiyohara no Motosuke, from the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. Kiyohara Kiyohara no Motosuke was a Heian period waka poet and Japanese nobleman. His daughter was the Heian poet and author Sei Shōnagon, famous today for writing The Pillow Book.
Kiyohara no Motosuke
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
- 908
- Died
- 990
- Nationality
- Japan
- Occupation
- poet · writer
- Known for
- Gosen Wakashū
- Languages
- Japanese
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Illustration — Kiyohara no Motosuke, from the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. Kiyohara Kiyohara no Motosuke was a Heian period waka poet and Japanese nobleman. His daughter was the Heian poet and author Sei Shōnagon, famous today for writing The Pillow Book.
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He is designated a member of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals, and one of his poems is included in the famous Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. His court career included terms as governor of Kawachi Province and Higo Province. This group also compiled kundoku readings for texts from the Man'yōshū. His poems are included in several official poetry anthologies, including the Shūi Wakashū. A personal collection known as the Motosukeshū also remains.
Kiyohara no Motosuke is recorded as poet and writer.
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908
Kiyohara no Motosuke born.
990
Kiyohara no Motosuke died.
1989
Kiyohara no Motosuke shū zenshaku (1989) is digitised and catalogued by Open Library.
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- Library of Congress Name Authority File, Kiyohara no Motosuke, 908-990 (USE Kiyohara, Motosuke, 908-990) (n89142857).
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- 1.alcune persone credono che il nome di suo padre fosse Akitada, ma si pensa che questo sia un errore causato dalla confusione con il padre di Fujiwara no Motosuke
- 2.alcune persone credono che fosse il padre di Motosuke
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