Fujiwara no Akinaka (藤原 顕仲; 1059–1129) was a Japanese nobleman and waka poet of the Heian period.
Fujiwara no Akinaka was born in Kōhei 2 (1059 in the Gregorian calendar). [1] He was the third son of Sukenaka ( ja), [1] a member of the Saneyori lineage (実頼流) of the Northern Branch of the Fujiwara clan. [2] He was later adopted by Fujiwara no Motoie (died 1093) , [1] the governor of Mutsu Province. [3] His mother was a daughter of Minamoto no Tsuneyori . [2]
He is known as Suke Akinaka (佐顕仲) [1] to distinguish him from Minamoto no Akinaka . [2] He had various other names, [1] such as Katsumata no Hyōe no Suke (勝間田兵衛佐), [1] by which name the Fukuro-zōshi calls him. [2] The latter name is a derived from a combination of his court position, Sahyōe-no-suke, and a famous poem he composed at the Shirakawa-den Gyokai (白河殿御会) on Katsumata Pond (勝間田池 Katsumata-no-ike): [2]
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He was close friends with Minamoto no Toshiyori and Fujiwara no Mototoshi, [2] and in addition to being a respected poet he was also known for his skill as a calligrapher and musician, [2] but was unable to attain success due to his relatively low birth. [2] By the end of his career, he had risen to the Junior Fourth Rank, Lower Grade. [1] He held the position of Assistant Head of Left Military Guards (左兵衛佐 sahyōe-no-suke). [1]
According to the Chūyūki , [2] Akinaka died on the third day of the first month of Daiji 4 (31 January 1129). [1] He was 71 (by Japanese reckoning). [2]
The first uta-awase contest in which he took part was the Sakon no Gon-Chūjō Toshitada Ason-ke Uta-awase (左近権中将俊忠朝臣家歌合) in Chōji 1 (1104). [2] He took part in the following poetic gatherings:
He was one of the poets of the Horikawa-in Ontoki Hyakushu Waka (堀河院御時百首和歌). [1]
According to the Yakumo Mishō , [2] he was disappointed with the Kin'yōshū, [1] and in Daiji 1 (1126) [2] compiled his own anthology, the Ryōgyokushū (良玉集), [1] which is no longer extant. [1]
18 of his poems were included in imperial anthologies from the Kin'yōshū on. [1]
One famous poem of his, in which he laments his lack of success at court, is the following from the first book of miscellaneous poems in the Kin'yōshū: [2]
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Fujiwara no Akinaka (藤原 顕仲; 1059–1129) was a Japanese nobleman and waka poet of the Heian period.
Fujiwara no Akinaka was born in Kōhei 2 (1059 in the Gregorian calendar). [1] He was the third son of Sukenaka ( ja), [1] a member of the Saneyori lineage (実頼流) of the Northern Branch of the Fujiwara clan. [2] He was later adopted by Fujiwara no Motoie (died 1093) , [1] the governor of Mutsu Province. [3] His mother was a daughter of Minamoto no Tsuneyori . [2]
He is known as Suke Akinaka (佐顕仲) [1] to distinguish him from Minamoto no Akinaka . [2] He had various other names, [1] such as Katsumata no Hyōe no Suke (勝間田兵衛佐), [1] by which name the Fukuro-zōshi calls him. [2] The latter name is a derived from a combination of his court position, Sahyōe-no-suke, and a famous poem he composed at the Shirakawa-den Gyokai (白河殿御会) on Katsumata Pond (勝間田池 Katsumata-no-ike): [2]
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He was close friends with Minamoto no Toshiyori and Fujiwara no Mototoshi, [2] and in addition to being a respected poet he was also known for his skill as a calligrapher and musician, [2] but was unable to attain success due to his relatively low birth. [2] By the end of his career, he had risen to the Junior Fourth Rank, Lower Grade. [1] He held the position of Assistant Head of Left Military Guards (左兵衛佐 sahyōe-no-suke). [1]
According to the Chūyūki , [2] Akinaka died on the third day of the first month of Daiji 4 (31 January 1129). [1] He was 71 (by Japanese reckoning). [2]
The first uta-awase contest in which he took part was the Sakon no Gon-Chūjō Toshitada Ason-ke Uta-awase (左近権中将俊忠朝臣家歌合) in Chōji 1 (1104). [2] He took part in the following poetic gatherings:
He was one of the poets of the Horikawa-in Ontoki Hyakushu Waka (堀河院御時百首和歌). [1]
According to the Yakumo Mishō , [2] he was disappointed with the Kin'yōshū, [1] and in Daiji 1 (1126) [2] compiled his own anthology, the Ryōgyokushū (良玉集), [1] which is no longer extant. [1]
18 of his poems were included in imperial anthologies from the Kin'yōshū on. [1]
One famous poem of his, in which he laments his lack of success at court, is the following from the first book of miscellaneous poems in the Kin'yōshū: [2]
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