10th century in poetry
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Poets
- Rabi'a Balkhi (10th century)
- AsjadiAsjadiAbu Nazar Abdul Aziz ibn Mansur Asjadi was a 10th century and 11th century royal Persian poet of Ghaznavid empire located in Ghazni province of current Afghanistan....
(10th/11th century11th century in poetryYears link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" articles.-Events:* The surviving Beowulf manuscript likely dates to approximately 1000.* Emergence of Occitan as a literary language and of the first troubadors-Poets:* Boyan, an early skald of Rus...
) - Farrukhi SistaniFarrukhi SistaniAbul Hasan Ali ibn Julugh Farrukhi Sistani was a 10th- and 11th-century royal poet of Ghaznavids.As an ethnic Persian, he was one of the brightest masters of the panegyric school of poetry in the court of Mahmud of Ghazni...
(10th/11th century11th century in poetryYears link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" articles.-Events:* The surviving Beowulf manuscript likely dates to approximately 1000.* Emergence of Occitan as a literary language and of the first troubadors-Poets:* Boyan, an early skald of Rus...
) - Kisai MarvaziKisai MarvaziAbul Hasan Abu Ishaq Kisa'i Marvazi was a 10th century poet of Persia.Born in 953 CE and originating from Merv, he paid flattery first and foremost to the courts of the Samanids, but also to the Abbasids and Ghaznavids, particularly Mahmud of Ghazni....
(10th century) - AyyuqiAyyuqiAyyuqi was a 10th century poet of Persia. A contemporary of Mahmud of Ghazni, he wrote the epic Varqa u Gulshah. His works are characterized by paired rhyme interspersed with ghazal.-References:...
(10th century)
Births of Arabic-world poets
- Al-Mutanabbi (915–965)
- FerdowsiFerdowsiFerdowsi was a highly revered Persian poet. He was the author of the Shahnameh, the national epic of Iran and related societies.The Shahnameh was originally composed by Ferdowsi for the princes of the Samanid dynasty, who were responsible for a revival of Persian cultural traditions after the...
(فردوسی), poet (935–1020) - Abu Mansur DaqiqiAbu Mansur DaqiqiAbu Mansur Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Daqiqi Balkhi , sometimes referred to as Daqiqi , was an early Persian poet from Tus in Iran or in Balkh, located in modern-day Afghanistan....
(935/942–976/980) - Badi' al-Zaman al-HamadhaniBadi' al-Zaman al-HamadhaniBadi' al-Zamān al-Hamadāni or al-Hamadhāni was a Medieval Arab man of letters born in Hamathah . He is best known for his work the maqamat, a collection of 52 episodic stories of a rogue, Abu al-Fath al-Iskandari, as recounted by a narrator, 'Isa b. Hisham...
(967–1007) - Abu ibn Abd Allah al-Ma'arriAl-Ma'arriAbul ʿAla Al-Maʿarri was a blind Arab philosopher, poet and writer....
(973–1057) - Wallada bint al-MustakfiWallada bint al-MustakfiWallada bint al-Mustakfi , was an Arab Andalusian poet of Arabic language.-Early life:She was the daughter of Muhammad III of Córdoba, one of the last Umayyad Cordoban caliphs, who came to power in 1024 after assassinating the previous caliph Abderraman V, and who was assassinated himself two...
(994–1091)
Deaths of Arabic-world poets
- Abdullah ibn al-Mu'tazzAbdullah ibn al-Mu'tazzAbdullah ibn al-Mu'tazz was persuaded to assume the role of caliph of the Abbasid dynasty following the premature death of al-Muktafi. He succeeded in ruling for a single day and a single night, before he was forced into hiding, found, and then strangled in a palace intrigue that brought...
(861–908) - Ibn DuraidIbn DuraidIbn Duraid ابن دريد الأزدي , Arab poet and philologist, was born at Basra...
(837–934) - Mansur al-HallajMansur Al-HallajMansur al-Hallaj was a Persian mystic, revolutionary writer and pious teacher of Sufism most famous for his poetry, accusation of heresy and for his execution at the orders of the Abbasid Caliph Al-Muqtadir after a long, drawn-out investigation.-Early life:Al-Hallaj was born around 858 in Fars...
(died 922) - Al-Sanawbari, (died 945)
- Al-Mutanabbi (915–965)
- Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani (897–967)
- Muhammad bin Hani al Andalusi al Azdi, (died 973)
- Abu Mansur DaqiqiAbu Mansur DaqiqiAbu Mansur Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Daqiqi Balkhi , sometimes referred to as Daqiqi , was an early Persian poet from Tus in Iran or in Balkh, located in modern-day Afghanistan....
(935/942–976/980)
Works
- Publication of the Kitab al-AghaniKitab al-AghaniKitab al-aghani , is an encyclopedic collection of poems and songs that runs to over 20 volumes in modern editions by the 8th/9th-century litterateur Abu l-Faraj al-Isfahani . Abu l-Faraj claimed to have taken 50 years in writing the work, which ran to over 10 000 pages...
or Book of Songs collecting important 9th century Arabic poetry and songs.
Events
- "Age of the Sagays" - most of the events described in the Norse and Icelandic SagasSagàsSagàs is a small town and municipality located in Catalonia, in the comarca of Berguedà. It is located in the geographical area of the pre-Pyrenees.-Population:...
date to the period from 930 to 1030 CE. - The Rhyming PoemThe Rhyming PoemThe Rhyming Poem, also written as The Riming Poem, is a poem of 87 lines found in the Exeter Book, a tenth-century collection of Old English poetry. It is remarkable for being no later than the 10th century, in Old English, and written in rhyming couplets...
, included in the Exeter BookExeter BookThe Exeter Book, Exeter Cathedral Library MS 3501, also known as the Codex Exoniensis, is a tenth-century book or codex which is an anthology of Anglo-Saxon poetry. It is one of the four major Anglo-Saxon literature codices. The book was donated to the library of Exeter Cathedral by Leofric, the...
, is the first record of rhyming in English poetry.
Poets
- DeorDeor"Deor" is an Old English poem found in the late 10th century collection the Exeter Book. The poem consists of the lament of the scop Deor, who lends his name to the poem, which was given no formal title. Modern scholars do not actually believe Deor to be the author of this poem.In the poem, Deor's...
, a scopScopA ' was an Old English poet, the Anglo-Saxon counterpart of the Old Norse .As far as we can tell from what has been preserved, the art of the scop was directed mostly towards epic poetry; the surviving verse in Old English consists of the epic Beowulf, religious verse in epic formats such as the...
, writes his Lament - 10th century Norse and Icelandic skaldSkaldThe skald was a member of a group of poets, whose courtly poetry is associated with the courts of Scandinavian and Icelandic leaders during the Viking Age, who composed and performed renditions of aspects of what we now characterise as Old Norse poetry .The most prevalent metre of skaldic poetry is...
s for which exact dates are unavailable:- Eilífr GoðrúnarsonEilífr GoðrúnarsonEilífr Goðrúnarson was a late 10th century skald, considered to be the author of the poem Þórsdrápa. He is also credited with Hákonar drápa jarls and a fragment remains of a poem with Christian allusions which is also believed to be his work...
, author of ÞórsdrápaÞórsdrápaÞórsdrápa is a skaldic poem by Eilífr Goðrúnarson, a poet in the service of Jarl Hákon Sigurðarson. The poem is noted for its creative use of kennings and other metaphorical devices, as well as its labyrinthine complexity.... - Einarr HelgasonEinarr HelgasonEinarr Helgason or Einarr skálaglamm was a 10th century Icelandic skald.He was a court-poet of Lord Hákon to whom he dedicated his magnum opus, the Vellekla...
- Eysteinn ValdasonEysteinn ValdasonEysteinn Valdason was a 10th century Icelandic skald. Three half-stanzas from a poem about Thor are all that survive of his work. Preserved in Snorri Sturluson's Skáldskaparmál only, they deal with Thor's fishing expedition with the giant Hymir, where the god attempts to kill Jörmungandr.-External...
- Eyvindr skáldaspillirEyvindr SkáldaspillirEyvindr Finnsson skáldaspillir was a 10th century Norwegian skald. He was the court poet of king Hákon the Good and earl Hákon of Hlaðir. His son Hárekr later became a prominent chieftain in Norway.His preserved works are:...
, author of HákonarmálHákonarmálHákonarmál is a skaldic poem which the skald Eyvindr skáldaspillir composed about the fall of the Norwegian king Hákon the Good at the battle of Fitjar and his reception in Valhalla. This poem emulates Eiríksmál and is intended to depict the Christian Hákon as a friend to the pagan gods...
and HáleygjatalHáleygjatalHáleygjatal is a skaldic poem by Eyvindr skáldaspillir made in honour of Haakon Sigurdsson and his ancestors, in the end of the 10th century.The poem is only partially preserved in disjoint parts quoted in Skáldskaparmál, Heimskringla and two other manuscripts of kings' sagas. It appears to be a... - Guthormr sindriGuthormr sindriGuthormr Sindri is a 10th century Norwegian skald. He was a court-poet of king Haraldr Fairhair and his sons, Hálfdan the Black and Hákon the Good , for whom he composed the Hákonardrápa....
, author of HákonardrápaHákonardrápaHákonardrápa is the name of several skaldic poems. Hákon may refer to:-King Hákon the Good:Guthormr sindri's Hákonardrápa was composed in the 10th century in the honour of the king of Norway Hákon the Good.... - Egill Skalla-Grímsson (c. 910 – c. 990)
- Kormákur Ögmundarson (Fl. 10th century)
- Þórarinn Þórólfsson (Fl. 10th century), author of Þórarinn svarti or Þórarinn Máhlíðingur
- Einar skálaglamm (Fl. 10th century), author of Einar Helgason
- Hallfreður vandræðaskáld (Fl. 10th – 11th centuries), author of Hallfreður Óttarsson
- Eilífr Goðrúnarson
Byzantine Empire and Slavic Europe
- Acritic songsAcritic songsThe Acritic songs are the heroic or epic poetry that emerged in the Byzantine Empire probably in the 9th century. The songs celebrated the exploits of the Akrites, the frontier guards defending the eastern borders of the Byzantine Empire. The historical background was the almost...
in the Byzantine EmpireByzantine EmpireThe Byzantine Empire was the Eastern Roman Empire during the periods of Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, centred on the capital of Constantinople. Known simply as the Roman Empire or Romania to its inhabitants and neighbours, the Empire was the direct continuation of the Ancient Roman State... - Compilation of the ultimate edition of the Greek AnthologyGreek AnthologyThe Greek Anthology is a collection of poems, mostly epigrams, that span the classical and Byzantine periods of Greek literature...
Poets
- AndalAndalAndal is the the only female Alvar of the 12 Alvar saints of South India, who are known for their affiliation to Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism. She is credited with the great Tamil works of Thirupavai and Nachiar Tirumozhi that are still recited by devotees during the Winter festival season of...
flourishes, writing in TamilTamil languageTamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore... - Nagavarma INagavarma INagavarma I was a noted Jain writer and poet in the Kannada language in the late 10th century. His two important works, both of which are available are, Karnataka Kadambari, a champu based romance novel and an adaptation of Bana's Sanskrit Kadambari, and Chandombudhi Nagavarma I (c. 990) was...
writes in KannadaKannada languageKannada or , is a language spoken in India predominantly in the state of Karnataka. Kannada, whose native speakers are called Kannadigas and number roughly 50 million, is one of the 30 most spoken languages in the world... - Sri PonnaSri PonnaSri Ponna was a Kannada poet in the court of Rashtrakuta Dynasty king Krishna III . The emperor honoured Ponna with the title "emperor among poets" for his domination of the Kannada literary circles of the time, and the title "imperial poet of two languages" for his command over Sanskrit as well...
writes in KannadaKannada languageKannada or , is a language spoken in India predominantly in the state of Karnataka. Kannada, whose native speakers are called Kannadigas and number roughly 50 million, is one of the 30 most spoken languages in the world... - ShivakotiacharyaShivakotiacharyaShivakotiacharya , a writer of the 9th-10th century, is considered the author of didactic Kannada language Jain text Vaddaradhane . A prose narrative written in pre-Old-Kannada , Vaddaradhane is considered the earliest extant work in the prose genre in the Kannada language...
writes in KannadaKannada languageKannada or , is a language spoken in India predominantly in the state of Karnataka. Kannada, whose native speakers are called Kannadigas and number roughly 50 million, is one of the 30 most spoken languages in the world...
(approx. - may be earlier)
Works
Imperial waka anthologies:- Kokin Wakashū the first imperial waka anthology, 20 scrolls, 1,111 poems, ordered by Emperor DaigoEmperor Daigowas the 60th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.Daigo's reign spanned the years from 897 through 930. He is named after his place of burial.-Traditional narrative:...
and completed c. 905, compiled by Ki no TsurayukiKi no Tsurayukiwas a Japanese author, poet and courtier of the Heian period.Tsurayuki was a son of Ki no Mochiyuki. He became a waka poet in the 890s. In 905, under the order of Emperor Daigo, he was one of four poets selected to compile the Kokin Wakashū, an anthology of poetry.After holding a few offices in...
, Ki no TomonoriKi no TomonoriKi no Tomonori was an early Heian waka poet of the court, a member of the sanjūrokkasen or Thirty-six Poetry Immortals. He was a compiler of the Kokin Wakashū, though he certainly did not see it to completion as the anthology includes a eulogy to him composed by Ki no Tsurayuki, his colleague in...
, Ōshikōchi and Mibu no TadamineMibu no TadamineMibu no Tadamine was an early Heian waka poet of the court , and a member of the sanjūrokkasen or Thirty-six Poetry Immortals...
. - Gosen Wakashū 20 scrolls, 1,426 poems, ordered in 951 by Emperor MurakamiEmperor Murakamiwas the 62nd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.Murakami's reign spanned the years from 946 to his death in 967.-Traditional narrative:...
Poets
- Akazome EmonAkazome Emonwas a Japanese waka poet who lived in the mid-Heian period. She is a member both of the and the .-Biography:Emon is though to be the daughter of Akazome Tokimochi, but her biological father was likely her mother's first husband, Taira Kanemori. Emon was born before her mother's marriage to...
赤染衛門 (956–1041) wakaWaka (poetry)Waka or Yamato uta is a genre of classical Japanese verse and one of the major genres of Japanese literature...
poet of the mid-Heian periodHeian periodThe is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. The period is named after the capital city of Heian-kyō, or modern Kyōto. It is the period in Japanese history when Buddhism, Taoism and other Chinese influences were at their height...
; a member of both the Thirty-six Elder Poetic Sages and Kintō's 36 female poetry immortals (or "sages") of the Kamakura periodKamakura periodThe is a period of Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura Shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura by the first shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo.... - Fujiwara no AsatadaFujiwara no AsatadaFujiwara no Asatada was a middle Heian waka and Japanese nobleman. He is designated as a member of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals and one of his poems is included in the famous anthology Hyakunin Isshu.Asatada's poems are included in official poetry anthologies from the Gosen Wakashū on...
藤原朝忠 also 中納言朝忠 (911–966), middle Heian periodHeian periodThe is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. The period is named after the capital city of Heian-kyō, or modern Kyōto. It is the period in Japanese history when Buddhism, Taoism and other Chinese influences were at their height...
wakaWaka (poetry)Waka or Yamato uta is a genre of classical Japanese verse and one of the major genres of Japanese literature...
poet and nobleman; one of the Thirty-six Poetry ImmortalsThirty-six Poetry ImmortalsThe Thirty-six Poetry Immortals are a group of Japanese poets of the Nara, Asuka and Heian periods selected by Fujiwara no Kintō as exemplars of Japanese poetic ability. There are five female poets among them...
; one of his poems is in the Hyakunin IsshuHyakunin Isshuis a traditional anthology style of compiling Japanese waka poetry where each contributor writes one poem for the anthology. Literally, it translates to "one hundred people, one poem [each]"...
anthology - Fujiwara no KintōFujiwara no Kinto, also known as Shijō-dainagon, was a Japanese poet, admired by his contemporaries and a court bureaucrat of the Heian period. His father was the regent Fujiwara no Yoritada and his son Fujiwara no Sadayori...
藤原公任, also known as "Shijō-dainagon" (966–1041), poet and critic; one of the Thirty-six Poetry ImmortalsThirty-six Poetry ImmortalsThe Thirty-six Poetry Immortals are a group of Japanese poets of the Nara, Asuka and Heian periods selected by Fujiwara no Kintō as exemplars of Japanese poetic ability. There are five female poets among them...
; has poems in anthologies including the Shūi Wakashū, the Wakan rōeishūWakan roeishuThe is an anthology of Chinese poems and 31-syllable Japanese waka for singing to fixed melodies .Compiled by Fujiwara no Kintō ca...
, and Shūi Wakashū - Fujiwara no MasatadaFujiwara no Masatadawas a Japanese poet. He was the first son of Fujiwara no Kanesuke, among the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals and the grandfather of Murasaki Shikibu. Kiyotada was his younger brother. He married a daughter of Fujiwara no Sadakata; their children include Tametoki, the father of Murasaki. He was also...
藤原雅正 (died 961), poet with family connections to several other poets: first son of Fujiwara no KanesukeFujiwara no KanesukeFujiwara no Kanesuke was a middle Heian waka poet and Japanese nobleman. He is designated as a member of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals and one of his poems is included in the famous anthology Hyakunin Isshu...
; grandfather of Murasaki ShikibuMurasaki ShikibuMurasaki Shikibu was a Japanese novelist, poet and lady-in-waiting at the Imperial court during the Heian period. She is best known as the author of The Tale of Genji, written in Japanese between about 1000 and 1012...
("Lady Murasaki"); older brother of Fujiwara no KiyotadaFujiwara no Kiyotadawas a Japanese poet, in particular one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals. He is the second son of Fujiwara no Kanesuke, also one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals. Though his mother is unknown Gosen Wakashū, an anthology of Japanese poems, contains the name the mother of Kiyotada . His elder...
; married a daughter of Fujiwara no SadakataFujiwara no Sadakata, also known as Sanjo Udaijin , was a Japanese poet. A poet Kanesuke is his cousin and son-in-law. His son Asatada is also a poet. One of his poems is included in Hyakunin Isshu.-External links:* in Japanese....
; father of Fujiwara no TametokiFujiwara no Tametokiwas a Japanese poet, scholar of Chinese and the father of Murasaki Shikibu . He served as the governor of Echizen Province, during which time he had a daughter Murasaki in 970 or 973....
; also acquainted with Ki no TsurayukiKi no Tsurayukiwas a Japanese author, poet and courtier of the Heian period.Tsurayuki was a son of Ki no Mochiyuki. He became a waka poet in the 890s. In 905, under the order of Emperor Daigo, he was one of four poets selected to compile the Kokin Wakashū, an anthology of poetry.After holding a few offices in... - Fujiwara no NagayoshiFujiwara no Nagayoshi, also known as Nagayoshi, was a Japanese poet and a court bureaucrat of the Heian period. He was the son of Fujiwara no Tomoyasu. His sister was the mother of Fujiwara no Michitsuna. She was a writer of the famous diary, Kagerō Nikki . His another sister was a mother of Sugawara no Takasue no...
藤原長能, also known as "Fujiwara no Nagatō" (949 – death year unknown), poet and a court bureaucrat of the Heian periodHeian periodThe is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. The period is named after the capital city of Heian-kyō, or modern Kyōto. It is the period in Japanese history when Buddhism, Taoism and other Chinese influences were at their height...
; one of the "Thirty-six Poetry ImmortalsThirty-six Poetry ImmortalsThe Thirty-six Poetry Immortals are a group of Japanese poets of the Nara, Asuka and Heian periods selected by Fujiwara no Kintō as exemplars of Japanese poetic ability. There are five female poets among them...
"; taught waka to the poet NōinNoinNōin 能因 . Japanese poet and monk of the late Heian period. Lay name: Tachibana no Nagayasu 橘永愷. Along with Izumi Shikibu, Nōin is one of "Thirty-six Medieval Poetry Immortals" of waka poetry selected by Fujiwara no Norikane 藤原範兼 .... - Fujiwara no TakamitsuFujiwara no TakamitsuFujiwara no Takamitsu was a middle Heian period waka poet and Japanese nobleman. He is designated as a member of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals. His father was Fujiwara no Morosuke, and his mother was Masako Nashin'no ....
藤原高光 (c. 939–994), middle Heian periodHeian periodThe is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. The period is named after the capital city of Heian-kyō, or modern Kyōto. It is the period in Japanese history when Buddhism, Taoism and other Chinese influences were at their height...
wakaWaka (poetry)Waka or Yamato uta is a genre of classical Japanese verse and one of the major genres of Japanese literature...
poet and nobleman; one of the Thirty-six Poetry ImmortalsThirty-six Poetry ImmortalsThe Thirty-six Poetry Immortals are a group of Japanese poets of the Nara, Asuka and Heian periods selected by Fujiwara no Kintō as exemplars of Japanese poetic ability. There are five female poets among them...
; has poems in imperial poetry anthologies starting with Gosen Wakashū - Fujiwara no TametokiFujiwara no Tametokiwas a Japanese poet, scholar of Chinese and the father of Murasaki Shikibu . He served as the governor of Echizen Province, during which time he had a daughter Murasaki in 970 or 973....
藤原為時 (died 1029?), poet, minor official and governor of various provinces, scholar of Chinese literatureChinese literatureChinese literature extends thousands of years, from the earliest recorded dynastic court archives to the mature fictional novels that arose during the Ming Dynasty to entertain the masses of literate Chinese...
and the father of Murasaki ShikibuMurasaki ShikibuMurasaki Shikibu was a Japanese novelist, poet and lady-in-waiting at the Imperial court during the Heian period. She is best known as the author of The Tale of Genji, written in Japanese between about 1000 and 1012...
("Lady Murasaki") - Fujiwara no ToshiyukiFujiwara no ToshiyukiFujiwara no Toshiyuki was a middle Heian waka poet and Japanese nobleman...
藤原敏行, also "Fujiwara Toshiyuki no Ason" 藤原敏行朝亜 (birthdate unknown, died in 901 or 907), middle Heian periodHeian periodThe is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. The period is named after the capital city of Heian-kyō, or modern Kyōto. It is the period in Japanese history when Buddhism, Taoism and other Chinese influences were at their height...
wakaWaka (poetry)Waka or Yamato uta is a genre of classical Japanese verse and one of the major genres of Japanese literature...
poet and nobleman; one of the Thirty-six Poetry ImmortalsThirty-six Poetry ImmortalsThe Thirty-six Poetry Immortals are a group of Japanese poets of the Nara, Asuka and Heian periods selected by Fujiwara no Kintō as exemplars of Japanese poetic ability. There are five female poets among them...
; has a poem in the anthology Hyakunin IsshuHyakunin Isshuis a traditional anthology style of compiling Japanese waka poetry where each contributor writes one poem for the anthology. Literally, it translates to "one hundred people, one poem [each]"...
and poems in several imperial poetry anthologies, including Kokin Wakashū and Gosen Wakashū - Izumi ShikibuIzumi Shikibuwas a mid Heian period Japanese poet. She is a member of the . She was the contemporary of Murasaki Shikibu, and Akazome Emon at the court of Joto Mon'in.-Early life:...
和泉式部 nicknamed "The Floating Lady" 浮かれ女 for her series of passionate affairs (born c. 976 – year of death unknown, sometime after 1033), mid-Heian periodHeian periodThe is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. The period is named after the capital city of Heian-kyō, or modern Kyōto. It is the period in Japanese history when Buddhism, Taoism and other Chinese influences were at their height...
poet, novelist and noblewoman; one of the Thirty-six Poetry ImmortalsThirty-six Poetry ImmortalsThe Thirty-six Poetry Immortals are a group of Japanese poets of the Nara, Asuka and Heian periods selected by Fujiwara no Kintō as exemplars of Japanese poetic ability. There are five female poets among them...
; known for a sequence of affairs at the court in the capital; close friend of Akazome EmonAkazome Emonwas a Japanese waka poet who lived in the mid-Heian period. She is a member both of the and the .-Biography:Emon is though to be the daughter of Akazome Tokimochi, but her biological father was likely her mother's first husband, Taira Kanemori. Emon was born before her mother's marriage to...
, rival of Lady MurasakiMurasaki ShikibuMurasaki Shikibu was a Japanese novelist, poet and lady-in-waiting at the Imperial court during the Heian period. She is best known as the author of The Tale of Genji, written in Japanese between about 1000 and 1012...
, and mother of poet Koshikibu no Naishi; poetry praised by Fujiwara no KintoFujiwara no Kinto, also known as Shijō-dainagon, was a Japanese poet, admired by his contemporaries and a court bureaucrat of the Heian period. His father was the regent Fujiwara no Yoritada and his son Fujiwara no Sadayori... - Ki no TomonoriKi no TomonoriKi no Tomonori was an early Heian waka poet of the court, a member of the sanjūrokkasen or Thirty-six Poetry Immortals. He was a compiler of the Kokin Wakashū, though he certainly did not see it to completion as the anthology includes a eulogy to him composed by Ki no Tsurayuki, his colleague in...
紀友則 (c. 850 – c. 904), early Heian periodHeian periodThe is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. The period is named after the capital city of Heian-kyō, or modern Kyōto. It is the period in Japanese history when Buddhism, Taoism and other Chinese influences were at their height...
wakaWaka (poetry)Waka or Yamato uta is a genre of classical Japanese verse and one of the major genres of Japanese literature...
poet of the court, one of the Thirty-six Poetry ImmortalsThirty-six Poetry ImmortalsThe Thirty-six Poetry Immortals are a group of Japanese poets of the Nara, Asuka and Heian periods selected by Fujiwara no Kintō as exemplars of Japanese poetic ability. There are five female poets among them...
; one of the four compilers of the Kokin Wakashū anthology - Ki no TsurayukiKi no Tsurayukiwas a Japanese author, poet and courtier of the Heian period.Tsurayuki was a son of Ki no Mochiyuki. He became a waka poet in the 890s. In 905, under the order of Emperor Daigo, he was one of four poets selected to compile the Kokin Wakashū, an anthology of poetry.After holding a few offices in...
紀貫之 (872–945) Heian periodHeian periodThe is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. The period is named after the capital city of Heian-kyō, or modern Kyōto. It is the period in Japanese history when Buddhism, Taoism and other Chinese influences were at their height...
wakaWaka (poetry)Waka or Yamato uta is a genre of classical Japanese verse and one of the major genres of Japanese literature...
poet, government official and courtier; son of Ki no Mochiyuki; one of four compilers of the Kokin Wakashū anthology; provincial governor of Tosa provinceTosa Provinceis the name of a former province of Japan in the area that is today Kōchi Prefecture on Shikoku. Tosa was bordered by Iyo and Awa Provinces. It was sometimes called .-History:The ancient capital was near modern Nankoku...
(930–935) and later possibly governor of Suo provinceSuo Provincewas a province of Japan in the area that is today the eastern part of Yamaguchi Prefecture. It was sometimes called . Suō bordered on Aki, Iwami, and Nagato Provinces.... - Kishi JoōKishi JooKishi Joō was a Japanese Waka poet from the middle of the middle Heian period. She is one of only five women numbered as one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals....
徽子女王, also Yoshiko Joō 承香殿女御 Jokyōden Joō or 斎宮女御 Saigū no Nyōgo (929–985), middle Heian periodHeian periodThe is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. The period is named after the capital city of Heian-kyō, or modern Kyōto. It is the period in Japanese history when Buddhism, Taoism and other Chinese influences were at their height...
WakaWaka (poetry)Waka or Yamato uta is a genre of classical Japanese verse and one of the major genres of Japanese literature...
poet - Kiyohara no MotosukeKiyohara no Motosukewas a Heian period waka poet and Japanese nobleman. His daughter was the Heian poet and author Sei Shōnagon, famous today for writing The Pillow Book. He is designated as a member of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals, and one of his poems is included in the famous Ogura Hyakunin Isshu...
, 清原元輔 (908–990), one of the Five Men of the Pear ChamberFive Men of the Pear ChamberThe Five Men of the Pear Chamber are a group of Heian period Japanese poets and scholars who cooperated in the compilation of the Gosen Wakashū. They also compiled kundoku readings for texts from the Man'yōshū... - Mibu no TadamineMibu no TadamineMibu no Tadamine was an early Heian waka poet of the court , and a member of the sanjūrokkasen or Thirty-six Poetry Immortals...
壬生忠岑 (active 898–920), JapaneseJapanese poetryJapanese poets first encountered Chinese poetry during the Tang Dynasty. It took them several hundred years to digest the foreign impact, make it a part of their culture and merge it with their literary tradition in their mother tongue, and begin to develop the diversity of their native poetry. For...
early Heian periodHeian periodThe is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. The period is named after the capital city of Heian-kyō, or modern Kyōto. It is the period in Japanese history when Buddhism, Taoism and other Chinese influences were at their height...
wakaWaka (poetry)Waka or Yamato uta is a genre of classical Japanese verse and one of the major genres of Japanese literature...
poet of the court; one of the Thirty-six Poetry ImmortalsThirty-six Poetry ImmortalsThe Thirty-six Poetry Immortals are a group of Japanese poets of the Nara, Asuka and Heian periods selected by Fujiwara no Kintō as exemplars of Japanese poetic ability. There are five female poets among them...
; father of Mibu no TadamiMibu no TadamiMibu no Tadami was a middle Heian period waka poet and Japanese nobleman. He is designated as a member of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals... - Minamoto no KintadaMinamoto no KintadaMinamoto no Kintada was a middle Heian waka poet and nobleman. Along with his son Minamoto no Saneakira he is designated as a member of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals...
源公忠, also 源公忠朝臣 (889–948), middle Heian periodHeian periodThe is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. The period is named after the capital city of Heian-kyō, or modern Kyōto. It is the period in Japanese history when Buddhism, Taoism and other Chinese influences were at their height...
wakaWaka (poetry)Waka or Yamato uta is a genre of classical Japanese verse and one of the major genres of Japanese literature...
poet and nobleman; one of the Thirty-six Poetry ImmortalsThirty-six Poetry ImmortalsThe Thirty-six Poetry Immortals are a group of Japanese poets of the Nara, Asuka and Heian periods selected by Fujiwara no Kintō as exemplars of Japanese poetic ability. There are five female poets among them...
, along with his son Minamoto no SaneakiraMinamoto no SaneakiraMinamoto no Saneakira was a middle Heian waka poet and nobleman. Along with his father Minamoto no Kintada he is designated as a member of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals....
; an official in the imperial treasury; has poems in imperial poetry anthologies, starting with the Goshūi Wakashū - Minamoto no MuneyukiMinamoto no MuneyukiMinamoto no Muneyuki was an early Heian waka poet and nobleman. He is designated as a member of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals, and one of his poems is included in the famous anthology Hyakunin Isshu. His remaining works include a poetry collection known as the Muneyukishū .- External links :* in...
源宗于, also Minamoto no Muneyuki Ason 源宗于朝臣 (died 983), early Heian periodHeian periodThe is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. The period is named after the capital city of Heian-kyō, or modern Kyōto. It is the period in Japanese history when Buddhism, Taoism and other Chinese influences were at their height...
wakaWaka (poetry)Waka or Yamato uta is a genre of classical Japanese verse and one of the major genres of Japanese literature...
poet and nobleman; one of the Thirty-six Poetry ImmortalsThirty-six Poetry ImmortalsThe Thirty-six Poetry Immortals are a group of Japanese poets of the Nara, Asuka and Heian periods selected by Fujiwara no Kintō as exemplars of Japanese poetic ability. There are five female poets among them...
; has a poem in the Hyakunin IsshuHyakunin Isshuis a traditional anthology style of compiling Japanese waka poetry where each contributor writes one poem for the anthology. Literally, it translates to "one hundred people, one poem [each]"...
anthology - Minamoto no SaneakiraMinamoto no SaneakiraMinamoto no Saneakira was a middle Heian waka poet and nobleman. Along with his father Minamoto no Kintada he is designated as a member of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals....
源信明 (910–970), middle Heian periodHeian periodThe is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. The period is named after the capital city of Heian-kyō, or modern Kyōto. It is the period in Japanese history when Buddhism, Taoism and other Chinese influences were at their height...
wakaWaka (poetry)Waka or Yamato uta is a genre of classical Japanese verse and one of the major genres of Japanese literature...
poet and nobleman; he and his father, Minamoto no KintadaMinamoto no KintadaMinamoto no Kintada was a middle Heian waka poet and nobleman. Along with his son Minamoto no Saneakira he is designated as a member of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals...
, are two of the Thirty-six Poetry ImmortalsThirty-six Poetry ImmortalsThe Thirty-six Poetry Immortals are a group of Japanese poets of the Nara, Asuka and Heian periods selected by Fujiwara no Kintō as exemplars of Japanese poetic ability. There are five female poets among them...
; his poems are in imperial poetry anthologies from the Goshūi Wakashū onward - Minamoto no ShigeyukiMinamoto no ShigeyukiMinamoto no Shigeyuki was an early Heian waka poet and nobleman. He is designated as a member of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals and one of his poems is included in the famous anthology Hyakunin Isshu. His remaining works include a poetry collection known as the Shigeyukishū .- External links :*...
源重之 (died 1000), early Heian periodHeian periodThe is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. The period is named after the capital city of Heian-kyō, or modern Kyōto. It is the period in Japanese history when Buddhism, Taoism and other Chinese influences were at their height...
wakaWaka (poetry)Waka or Yamato uta is a genre of classical Japanese verse and one of the major genres of Japanese literature...
poet and nobleman; one of the Thirty-six Poetry ImmortalsThirty-six Poetry ImmortalsThe Thirty-six Poetry Immortals are a group of Japanese poets of the Nara, Asuka and Heian periods selected by Fujiwara no Kintō as exemplars of Japanese poetic ability. There are five female poets among them...
; has a poem in the Hyakunin IsshuHyakunin Isshuis a traditional anthology style of compiling Japanese waka poetry where each contributor writes one poem for the anthology. Literally, it translates to "one hundred people, one poem [each]"...
anthology - Minamoto no ShitagōMinamoto no Shitagowas a mid Heian waka poet, scholar and nobleman. He was the original compiler of the Wamyō Ruijushō, the first Japanese dictionary organized into semantic headings. He was designated as one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals for his distinguished poetic accomplishments. In addition to the Wamyō...
源順 (911–983), wakaWaka (poetry)Waka or Yamato uta is a genre of classical Japanese verse and one of the major genres of Japanese literature...
poet, scholar and nobleman; one of the Five Men of the Pear ChamberFive Men of the Pear ChamberThe Five Men of the Pear Chamber are a group of Heian period Japanese poets and scholars who cooperated in the compilation of the Gosen Wakashū. They also compiled kundoku readings for texts from the Man'yōshū...
and Thirty-six Poetry ImmortalsThirty-six Poetry ImmortalsThe Thirty-six Poetry Immortals are a group of Japanese poets of the Nara, Asuka and Heian periods selected by Fujiwara no Kintō as exemplars of Japanese poetic ability. There are five female poets among them...
; author of the Minamoto no Shitagōshū poetry collection; some scholars claim that he also wrote the Taketori Monogatari; original compiler of the Wamyō RuijushōWamyo RuijushoThe is a 938 CE Japanese dictionary of Chinese characters. The Heian Period scholar Minamoto no Shitagō began compilation in 934, at the request of Emperor Daigo's daughter...
, the first extant Japanese dictionary organized into semantic headings - NakatsukasaNakatsukasaNakatsukasa was a Japanese Waka poet from the middle Heian period. Nakatsukasa was the granddaughter of Emperor Uda and the daughter of poet Lady Ise. She is one of only five women numbered as one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals...
中務 (912–991), middle Heian periodHeian periodThe is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. The period is named after the capital city of Heian-kyō, or modern Kyōto. It is the period in Japanese history when Buddhism, Taoism and other Chinese influences were at their height...
WakaWaka (poetry)Waka or Yamato uta is a genre of classical Japanese verse and one of the major genres of Japanese literature...
poet - NōinNoinNōin 能因 . Japanese poet and monk of the late Heian period. Lay name: Tachibana no Nagayasu 橘永愷. Along with Izumi Shikibu, Nōin is one of "Thirty-six Medieval Poetry Immortals" of waka poetry selected by Fujiwara no Norikane 藤原範兼 ....
能因, lay name: Tachibana no Nagayasu 橘永愷 (988 – c. 1051), late Heian periodHeian periodThe is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. The period is named after the capital city of Heian-kyō, or modern Kyōto. It is the period in Japanese history when Buddhism, Taoism and other Chinese influences were at their height...
poet and monk; one of the "Thirty-six Medieval Poetry ImmortalsThirty-six Poetry ImmortalsThe Thirty-six Poetry Immortals are a group of Japanese poets of the Nara, Asuka and Heian periods selected by Fujiwara no Kintō as exemplars of Japanese poetic ability. There are five female poets among them...
" - Ono no KomachiOno no Komachiwas a famous Japanese waka poet, one of the Rokkasen—the Six best Waka poets of the early Heian period. She was noted as a rare beauty; Komachi is a symbol of a beautiful woman in Japan. She also figures among the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals....
小野 小町 or おののこまち (c. 825 – c. 900), early Heian periodHeian periodThe is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. The period is named after the capital city of Heian-kyō, or modern Kyōto. It is the period in Japanese history when Buddhism, Taoism and other Chinese influences were at their height...
wakaWaka (poetry)Waka or Yamato uta is a genre of classical Japanese verse and one of the major genres of Japanese literature...
poet, one of the Rokkasen — the Six best Waka poetsSix best Waka poetsThe Six Immortals of Poetry were famous poets of Waka in the early Heian period of Japanese history. They were:* Henjo* Ariwara no Narihira* Fun'ya no Yasuhide* Kisen* Ono no Komachi* Ōtomo Kuronushi...
; one of the Thirty-six Poetry ImmortalsThirty-six Poetry ImmortalsThe Thirty-six Poetry Immortals are a group of Japanese poets of the Nara, Asuka and Heian periods selected by Fujiwara no Kintō as exemplars of Japanese poetic ability. There are five female poets among them...
; noted as a rare beauty and became a symbol of a beautiful woman in Japan - Ōnakatomi no YoritomoOnakatomi no YoritomoŌnakatomi no Yoritomo was a middle Heian period waka poet and Japanese nobleman. He is designated as a member of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals....
大中臣頼基 (c. 886–958), middle Heian periodHeian periodThe is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. The period is named after the capital city of Heian-kyō, or modern Kyōto. It is the period in Japanese history when Buddhism, Taoism and other Chinese influences were at their height...
waka poetWaka (poetry)Waka or Yamato uta is a genre of classical Japanese verse and one of the major genres of Japanese literature...
and nobleman; one of the Thirty-six Poetry ImmortalsThirty-six Poetry ImmortalsThe Thirty-six Poetry Immortals are a group of Japanese poets of the Nara, Asuka and Heian periods selected by Fujiwara no Kintō as exemplars of Japanese poetic ability. There are five female poets among them... - Sei ShōnagonSei ShonagonSei Shōnagon , was a Japanese author and a court lady who served the Empress Teishi around the year 1000 during the middle Heian period. She is best known as the author of The Pillow Book .-Name:...
清少納言 (c. 966–1017), middle Heian PeriodHeian periodThe is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. The period is named after the capital city of Heian-kyō, or modern Kyōto. It is the period in Japanese history when Buddhism, Taoism and other Chinese influences were at their height...
author, poet and court lady who served Empress Teishi/Empress Sadako; best known as the author of The Pillow BookThe Pillow Bookis a book of observations and musings recorded by Sei Shōnagon during her time as court lady to Empress Consort Teishi during the 990s and early 11th century in Heian Japan. The book was completed in the year 1002.... - ShiromeShiromeShirome was a minor female Japanese waka poet, who lived during the 10th century AD.She was born in Settsunokuni Eguchi and thought to be a daughter of a minor aristocrat Settsunokuni Tamabuchi...
(fl.FloruitFloruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active...
10th century), minor wakaWaka (poetry)Waka or Yamato uta is a genre of classical Japanese verse and one of the major genres of Japanese literature...
poet and common prostitute (a woman) - Sugawara no MichizaneSugawara no Michizane, also known as Kan Shōjō , a grandson of Sugawara no Kiyotomo , was a scholar, poet, and politician of the Heian Period of Japan...
菅原道真, also known as "Kan Shōjō" 菅丞相, (845–903), Heian PeriodHeian periodThe is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. The period is named after the capital city of Heian-kyō, or modern Kyōto. It is the period in Japanese history when Buddhism, Taoism and other Chinese influences were at their height...
scholar, poet and politician; grandson of Sugawara no Kiyotomo; also wrote Chinese poetryChinese poetryChinese poetry is poetry written, spoken, or chanted in the Chinese language, which includes various versions of Chinese language, including Classical Chinese, Standard Chinese, Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese, Yue Chinese, as well as many other historical and vernacular varieties of the Chinese language...