Fujiwara no Yoshitaka (藤原 義孝, 954–974) was a Japanese waka poet of the mid- Heian period. One of his poems was included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. He produced a private waka collection, the Yoshitaka-shū.
Yoshitaka was born in 954, the son of Fujiwara no Koretada. [1] [2]
He served as captain of the right bodyguards (右少将, ushōshō). [1] [2] He was the father of the respected calligrapher Yukinari. [1] When his father died, Yoshitaka considered ordaining as a Buddhist monk. In the same year his son was born, which dissuaded him from pursuing a religious career.
He died in 974, at age twenty, of smallpox, on the same day as his twin brother. [1] [2]
Twelve of his poems were included in imperial anthologies, and he was listed as one of the Late Classical Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry. [1]
The following poem by him was included as No. 50 in Fujiwara no Teika's Ogura Hyakunin Isshu:
Japanese text [3] | Romanized Japanese [4] | English translation [5] |
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He left a private collection, the Yoshitaka-shū (義孝集). [1] [2]
Fujiwara no Yoshitaka (藤原 義孝, 954–974) was a Japanese waka poet of the mid- Heian period. One of his poems was included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. He produced a private waka collection, the Yoshitaka-shū.
Yoshitaka was born in 954, the son of Fujiwara no Koretada. [1] [2]
He served as captain of the right bodyguards (右少将, ushōshō). [1] [2] He was the father of the respected calligrapher Yukinari. [1] When his father died, Yoshitaka considered ordaining as a Buddhist monk. In the same year his son was born, which dissuaded him from pursuing a religious career.
He died in 974, at age twenty, of smallpox, on the same day as his twin brother. [1] [2]
Twelve of his poems were included in imperial anthologies, and he was listed as one of the Late Classical Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry. [1]
The following poem by him was included as No. 50 in Fujiwara no Teika's Ogura Hyakunin Isshu:
Japanese text [3] | Romanized Japanese [4] | English translation [5] |
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He left a private collection, the Yoshitaka-shū (義孝集). [1] [2]