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 waka collection, the Michinobu-shū.
Born in 972, he was a son of Tamemitsu and adopted by the latter's brother Kaneie.[1] [2]
He served as commander of the guard, and although he died young he was considered a brilliant commander.[1] He died in 994.[1] [2]
Forty-eight of his poems were included in imperial anthologies, and he was listed as one of the Late Classical Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry.[1] [2]
The following poem by him was included as No. 52 in Fujiwara no Teika's Ogura Hyakunin Isshu:
| Japanese text[3] | Romanized Japanese[4] | English translation[5] |
明けぬれば 暮るるものとは 知りながら なほうらめしき 朝ぼらけかな | Akenureba kururu mono to wa shiri-nagara nao urameshiki asaborake kana | As the sun rises I know that when it sets at night I can see you again. Yet even so, how hateful - Parting in this cold light of dawn. |
A private collection of his poems, the, survives.[1] [2]
. Donald Keene . A History of Japanese Literature, Vol. 1: Seeds in the Heart - Japanese Literature from Earliest Times to the Late Sixteenth Century . . New York . 1999 . 978-0-231-11441-7 .