Fujiwara no Kanesuke
Fujiwara no Kanesuke (藤原兼輔, 877–933), also known as the Riverbank Middle Counselor (堤中納言, Tsutsumi Chūnagon),[1]: 137 was a middle Heian-period waka poet and Japanese nobleman. He is designated as a member of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals.
His great-granddaughter was Murasaki Shikibu, author of the well-known monogatari the Tale of Genji.
His father was Fujiwara no Toshimoto.[2]
Poetry
[edit]Kanesuke's poems are included in several imperial poetry anthologies, including Kokin Wakashū and Gosen Wakashū. A personal poetry collection known as the Kanesuke-shū also remains.
The Tale of Heike contains "an almost direct quotation" of his poem in the Gosenshū (no. 1102). The passage goes, "...as clear as a father's understanding may be in all other matters, love blinds him when it comes to his own child."[3]
One of his poems is included in the famous anthology Hyakunin Isshu:
みかの原わきて流るるいづみ川
いつ見きとてか恋しかるらむ
mika no hara wakite nagaruru Izumi-gawa
itsu miki tote ka koishikaruran
When was it I got my first glimpse? Like the Moor of Jars divided by the Izumi river I am split in two—so deep my longing for you.[1]: 29
(Shin Kokin Wakashū 11:996)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b McMillan, Peter (2008). One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each, A Translation of the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. Columbia University Press. p. 160. ISBN 9780231143998.
- ^ "Fujiwara no Kanesuke • . A History . . of Japan . 日本歴史". . A History . . of Japan . 日本歴史. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
- ^ The Tales of the Heike. Translated by Burton Watson. Columbia University Press. 2006. p. 48. ISBN 9780231138031.
External links
[edit]- E-text of his poems in Japanese
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