Minamoto no Hitoshi
Illustration — Minamoto no Hitoshi, 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.
Minamoto no Hitoshi
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
- 880
- Died
- 951
- Nationality
- Japan
- Occupation
- poet
- Languages
- Japanese
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Illustration — Minamoto no Hitoshi, 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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Hitoshi was born in 880, a son of Minamoto no Mare and great-grandson of Emperor Saga. After serving as governor of several provinces, in 947 he was appointed Sangi Counselor with Fourth Court Rank.
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Four of his poems were included in Gosen Wakashū on. The following poem by him was included as No. 39 in Fujiwara no Teika's Ogura Hyakunin Isshu: • Japanese text — Romanized Japanese — English translation •:浅茅生の:小野の篠原:しのぶれど:あまりてなどか:人の恋しき —:Asajiu no:ono no shinohara:shinoburedo:amarite nado ka:hito no koishiki —:Though I scarcely show:my secret feelings:like those few reeds:sprouting unnoticed:in low bamboo:they are too much:for me to hide.:Why do I love you so?
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- 1.McMillan 2010 : 138-139 (note 39).
- 2.Daijirin entry "Minamoto no Hitoshi". Sanseidō.
- 3.Suzuki et al. 2009 : 53.
- 4.McMillan 2010 : 163.
- 5.McMillan 2010 : 41.
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- McMillan, Peter. 2010 (1st ed. 2008). One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each. New York: Columbia University Press.
- Suzuki Hideo, Yamaguchi Shin'ichi, Yoda Yasushi. 2009 (1st ed. 1997). Genshoku: Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. Tokyo: Bun'eidō.
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