Fujiwara no Ietaka

Fujiwara no Ietaka, representation of Kikuchi Yosai

Fujiwara no Ietaka ( Jap. 藤原家隆 , or in a respectful reading Fujiwara no karyu * 1158 , † 5. May 1237 ) was a Japanese Waka - poet . He was also called Mibu Nihon ( 壬生二品 ).

Life

Fujiwara was the son-in-law of the poet Jakuren (Fujiwara no Sadanaga). He was one of the group of poets who created the anthology of poetry Shinkokin-wakashū at the court of Emperor Go-Toba . A collection of his own poems appeared under the title Mini-shū ( 壬二集 ) or Gyokugin Shū . More than 280 of his poems have been included in the Senzai-shū ( 千載集 ) and other imperial poetry collections. He held the "next second court rank ".

References and comments

↑ Japanese yūsokuyomi ( 有職読み ). The Japanese name reading was replaced by a Sino-Japanese on reading .

^ ^A ^b Joshua S. Mostow: Pictures of the Heart. The Hyakunin Isshu in Word and Image . University of Hawaii Press, 1996, ISBN 0-8248-1705-2 , pp. 430 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

personal data
SURNAME	Fujiwara no Ietaka
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	藤原家隆 (Japanese); Fujiwara no Karyū (On reading); Mibu Nihon; 壬生二品 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Japanese poet
DATE OF BIRTH	1158
DATE OF DEATH	May 5, 1237

[1] Japanese yūsokuyomi ( 有職読み ). The Japanese name reading was replaced by a Sino-Japanese on reading .

[Mostow-2] A ^b Joshua S. Mostow: Pictures of the Heart. The Hyakunin Isshu in Word and Image . University of Hawaii Press, 1996, ISBN 0-8248-1705-2 , pp. 430 ( limited preview in Google Book search).