Fujiwara no Okikaze
Fujiwara no Okikaze, from the Hyakunin Isshu .
Fujiwara no Okikaze ( Japanese 藤原 興 風 ; dates unknown) was a Japanese waka poet of the Heian period . He is one of the thirty-six immortals in poetry .
He was a great-grandson of Fujiwara no Hamanari and received in 914 with the Shimousa no gon no daijō ( 下 総 権 大 掾 ) a high post in the administration of Shimousa Province .
Okikazes poems are part of various imperial poem anthologies such as the Kokin-wakashū . The poem 34 by Ogura Hyakunin Isshu is also from Fujiwara no Okikaze.
Web links
- Online version of his poems (Japanese)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fujiwara no Okikaze |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 藤原 興 風 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese waka poet and official in the Ritsuryō |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 9th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 10th century |