Fujiwara no Sadakata explained

, also known as the, was a Japanese poet and courtier.

The poet Fujiwara no Kanesuke was his cousin and son-in-law and his son Asatada was also a poet. He had another son by the name of Fujiwara no Tomoyori and his father was Fujiwara no Takafuji.

He was appointed as Udajin of the Third Ward and we see him in storied from the Tales of Yamato. 19 poems can be found in the Imperial Anthologies, and he also had a private collection of poems.[1]

Poetry

One of his poems is included in Ogura Hyakunin Isshu:

In English, this poem would read as such:

"If they bear such a name: On Mount Osaka, with the scarlet ivy that tells you to "Come and sleep!" Oh, how I wish there would a way to come to you, as if pulling such a vine, intangible to others."

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fujiwara no Sadakata • . A History . . of Japan . 日本歴史 . 2022-09-01 . . A History . . of Japan . 日本歴史 . en-GB.