Fujiwara no Akihira

Fujiwara no Akihira (藤原 明衡; 989? – November 14, 1066) was a Japanese nobleman and kanshi poet of the Heian period.

Life

Fujiwara no Akihira was the second child of Fujiwara no Atsunobu.[1] His mother was a daughter of 良峰英材,[2] or possibly a daughter of Tachibana no Tsunehira [ja].[2] He was probably born around 989.[2]

He studied under his father from a young age,[2] and in Kankō 1 (1004 in the Gregorian calendar) enrolled in the Monjō-in [ja].[2]

Among his children were Fujiwara no Atsumoto [ja][2] and Fujiwara no Atsumitsu.[2]

According to the Chokusen Sakusha Burui (勅撰作者部類), he died on the 18th day of the tenth month in Jiryaku 2 (November 14, 1066).[2] In his article on Akihira for the Nihon Koten Bungaku Daijiten, Shōsuke Ōsone [ja] suggests that he may have been 78 (by Japanese reckoning) at the time of his death.[2]

Poetry

References

Citations

  1. ^ Ōsone 1983, p. 266; Gotō 1994; Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Plus 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Ōsone 1983, p. 266.

Works cited

  • Ōsone, Shōsuke (1983). "Fujiwara no Akihira" 藤原明衡. Nihon Koten Bungaku Daijiten 日本古典文学大辞典 (in Japanese). Vol. 5. Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten. p. 266. OCLC 11917421.
  • Gotō, Akio (1994). "Fujiwara no Akihira" 藤原明衡. Asahi Nihon Rekishi Jinbutsu Jiten (in Japanese). Asahi Shinbun-sha. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
  • "Fujiwara no Akihira" 藤原明衡. Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Plus (in Japanese). Kodansha. 2015. Retrieved 2018-08-31.