Mibu no Tadami
Encyclopedia
Heian period
The 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
Waka (poetry)
Waka or Yamato uta is a genre of classical Japanese verse and one of the major genres of Japanese literature...
poet and Japanese nobleman. He is designated as a member of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals
Thirty-six Poetry Immortals
The 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 father Mibu no Tadamine
Mibu no Tadamine
Mibu no Tadamine was an early Heian waka poet of the court , and a member of the sanjūrokkasen or Thirty-six Poetry Immortals...
was also a distinguished poet.
His poems are included in several imperial poetry anthologies; a personal poetry collection known as the Tadamishū (忠見集) also remains.
External links
- E-text of his poems in Japanese