Nōin Explained

, also known was, was a Japanese poet and monk of the late Heian period.

Along with Izumi Shikibu, Nōin is one of "Thirty-six Medieval Poetry Immortals" of waka poetry selected by (1107–1165).

Nōin authored of the Gengenshu and Nōin Utamakura.

Poetry

One of his poems is anthologized in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu:

Bibliography

• Peter McMillan (2008) One hundred poets, one poem each : a translation of the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. New York : Columbia University Press.