was a Japanese waka poet and Confucian scholar[1] of the late ninth and early tenth centuries. His exact birth and death dates are unknown[1] [2] [3] but he flourished around 889 to 923.[4] He was one of the Chūko Sanjūrokkasen[1] [3] and one of his poems was included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu.[4] [5]
He was a son of [5] [1] [2] [3] and a nephew of Ariwara no Yukihira and Ariwara no Narihira.[4] [5] Ten of his poems were included in the Kokin Wakashū[1] and fifteen in later imperial anthologies.[4] [2]
The following poem by him was included as No. 23 in Fujiwara no Teika's Ogura Hyakunin Isshu:
| Japanese text | Romanized Japanese[6] | English translation[7] |
月みれば ちぢにものこそ 悲しけれ わが身一つの 秋にはあらねど | Tsuki mireba chi-ji ni mono koso kanashikere wa ga mi hitotsu no aki ni wa aranedo | Looking at the moon thoughts of a thousand things fill me with sadness— but autumn's dejection does not come to me alone. |