List of Kokinshū poets explained

This is a list of poets whose works were included in the Kokin Wakashū, a tenth-century Japanese waka anthology.

List

A

• Ariwara no Motokata (Japanese: 在原元方)^[1]
• Ariwara no Muneyana (Japanese: 在原棟梁)^[1]
• Ariwara no Narihira (Japanese: 在原朝臣業平 Ariwara no Asomi Narihira)
• Ariwara no Shigeharu (Japanese: 在原滋春)^[1]
• Ariwara no Yukihira (Japanese: 在原朝臣行平 Ariwara no Asomi Yukihira)^[1]

F

• Fujiwara no Kotonao (Japanese: 藤原言直)^[1]
• Fujiwara no Okikaze (Japanese: 藤原興風)
• Fun'ya no Yasuhide (Japanese: 文屋康秀)
• Fujiwara no Yoruka (Japanese: 藤原朝臣因香 Fujiwara no Asomi Yoruka)^[1]
• Fujiwara no Yoshikaze (Japanese: 藤原好風)^[1]

H

• Henjō (Japanese: 僧正遍昭 Sōjō Henjō; birth name Yoshimine no Munesada Japanese: 良岑宗貞^[2])

I

• Ise (Japanese: 伊勢)

K

• Ki no Aritomo (Japanese: 紀有友)^[1]
• Ki no Tomonori (Japanese: 紀朝臣<!-- Need a single source for this claim, as Keene doesn't support it, but see https://www.google.co.jp/search?q=%22%E7%B4%80%E6%9C%9D%E8%87%A3%E5%8F%8B%E5%89%87%22+site%3A.ac.jp&oq=%22%E7%B4%80%E6%9C%9D%E8%87%A3%E5%8F%8B%E5%89%87%22+site%3A.ac.jp&aqs=chrome..69i57.10879j0j9&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 -->友則 Ki no Asomi Tomonori)
• Ki no Tsurayuki (Japanese: 紀朝臣<!-- Need a single source for this claim, as Keene doesn't support it, but see https://www.google.co.jp/search?ei=kJhKW6TfApHy8AX1qYngBA&q=%22%E7%B4%80%E6%9C%9D%E8%87%A3%E8%B2%AB%E4%B9%8B%22+site%3A.ac.jp&oq=%22%E7%B4%80%E6%9C%9D%E8%87%A3%E8%B2%AB%E4%B9%8B%22+site%3A.ac.jp&gs_l=psy-ab.3...27126.29334.0.29660.12.12.0.0.0.0.108.1039.10j2.12.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..0.0.0....0.DDPvf-Zoz4k -->貫之 Ki no Asomi Tsurayuki)
• Kisen (Japanese: 喜撰法師 Kisen-hōshi)
• Emperor Kōkō (Japanese: 光孝院 Kōkō-in)^[1]
• Prince Koretaka (Japanese: 惟喬親王 Koretaka-no-miko)^[1]

M

• Mibu no Tadamine (Japanese: 壬生忠岑)
• Minamoto no Muneyuki (Japanese: 源朝臣宗于 Minamoto no Asomi Muneyuki)^[1]

N

• Emperor Nara (Japanese: 奈良帝 Nara-no-mikado)^[1]
• Empress Nijō (Japanese: 二条后 Nijō-no-kisaki; also known as Fujiwara no Takaiko Japanese: 藤原高子)^[1]

O

• Ono no Komachi (Japanese: 小野小町)
• Ōshikōchi no Mitsune (Japanese: 凡河内宿禰<!-- This comes from ja.wiki, which cites the 三十六人歌仙伝 -->躬恒 Ōshikōchi no Sukune Mitsune)
• Ōtomo no Kuronushi (Japanese: 大友村主<!-- This comes from ja.wiki, but see also https://toyo.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_action_common_download&item_id=6540&item_no=1&attribute_id=22&file_no=1 -->黒主 Ōtomo no Muranushi Kuronushi)

S

• Sōku (Japanese: 承均法師 Sōku-hōshi, also read Zōku-hōshi)
• Sosei (Japanese: 素性法師 Sosei-hōshi)
• Sugano no Takayo (Japanese: 菅野高世)^[1]

T

• Tachibana no Kiyoki (Japanese: 橘清樹)^[1]
• Tachibana no Kiyotomo (Japanese: 橘清友)^[1]
• Tachibana no Nakamori (Japanese: たちはなのなかもり)^[1]

References

Works cited

• Book: Keene , Donald . Donald Keene

. Donald Keene . 1999 . A History of Japanese Literature, Vol. 1: Seeds in the Heart – Japanese Literature from Earliest Times to the Late Sixteenth Century . . New York, NY . paperback . 1993 . 978-0-231-11441-7 .

Notes and References

1. http://tois.nichibun.ac.jp/database/html2/waka/waka_i001.html Kokinshū
2. Web site: 良岑宗貞とは. デジタル大辞泉,デジタル版 日本人名大辞典+Plus,日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ),精選版. 日本国語大辞典,世界大百科事典内言及. コトバンク.