Biografi ki no tsurayuki biography

KI no Tsurayuki (866 or 872?

Biografi ki no tsurayuki biography

- June 19, 945?) was a poet and essayist from the early to the middle Heian period. He was one of the 36 immortal poets. KI no Tomonori was his cousin.
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His childhood name was Akokuso.

Overview

In 905, by order of Emperor Daigo, he compiled "Kokinwakashu (Collection of Ancient and Modern)," the first collection of poems by imperial command, with KI no Tomonori, MIBU no Tadamine and OSHIKOCHI no Mitsune, and wrote the kanajo (preface written in Hiragana).

It began with the following line, which exerted a great influence on posterity: 'Waka has its roots in the human heart and flourishes in the myriad leaves of words.'

Also, his waka poem was collected in "Ogura Hyakunin Isshu (A Hundred Poems by a Hundred Poets)" (I'm not sure whether your mind is the same as before; however the Japanese plum, which I know well because I've been here several times, blooms finely and perfumes sweetly to welcome me; would you come around