Fujiwara no Sadayori
Japanese waka poet
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| Intro | Japanese waka poet | ||
| Places | Japan | ||
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| Work field | Literature | ||
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| Birth | 1 January 995 | ||
| Death | 8 February 1045 | ||
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Fujiwara no Sadayori (藤原定頼, 995-1045) was a Japanese waka poet of the mid-Heian period. One of his poems was included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. He produced a private collection.
Biography
He was the eldest son of Fujiwara no Kintō and, on his mother's side, a grandson of Emperor Murakami.
He served director for military affairs before becoming middle councilor. He was well known as both a poet and a calligrapher.
Poetry
Forty-five of his poems were included in imperial anthologies, and he was listed as one of the Late Classical Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry (中古三十六歌仙, Chūko Sanjū-Rokkasen).
The following poem by him was included as No. 64 in Fujiwara no Teika's Ogura Hyakunin Isshu:
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