Kiyohara no Motosuke
Kiyohara no Motosuke ( Japanese 清 原 元 輔 ; * 908 ; † 990 ) was a noble Japanese Waka poet and scholar of the middle Heian period . He was a grandson of Kiyohara no Fukayabu and the father of Sei Shōnagon , the author of the famous pillow book . At times he served as governor of the provinces of Kawachi and Higo .
As one of the "Five Men of the Pear Chamber" ( Nashitsubo no gonin ) he was on the orders of Murakami-tennō since October 951 in the compilation of Gosen-wakashū and in the creation of a Man'yōshū part- edition in Kun reading .
He is one of the "36 immortals of poetry" ( Sanjūrokkasen ); one of his poems is in the famous Ogura Hyakunin Isshu .
His poetry has been preserved in some of the official anthologies such as the Shūi-wakashū . A personal collection of poems has come down to us as Motosuke-shū ( 元 輔 集 , dt. "Collection of Motosuke").
Web links
- E-text of his poems in Japanese
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kiyohara no Motosuke |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 清 原 元 輔 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese waka poet and scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 908 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 990 |