Ariwara no Narihira

Ariwara no Narihira
Ariwara no Narihira
	Ariwara no Narihira by Kanō Tan'yū, 1648.
Native name	在原業平
Born	825
Died	9 July 880 (aged 54–55)
Language	Early Middle Japanese
Period	early Heian
Genre	waka
Subject	nature, romantic love
Spouse	unknown
Partner	several
Children	Ariwara no Muneyana; Ariwara no Shigeharu; Takashina no Moronao (according to tradition – see below); Emperor Yōzei (according to tradition – see below); Ariwara no Aiko married Fujiwara no Yasunori had 1 son: Fujiwara no Kiyotsura;
Relatives	Emperor Heizei (paternal grandfather); Fujii no Fujiko (paternal grandmother); Emperor Kanmu (maternal grandfather); Fujiwara no Minamiko (maternal grandmother); Prince Abo (father); Princess Ito (mother); Ariwara no Yukihira (half-brother); Ōe no Otondo (half-brother); Ōe no Chisato (nephew); Ariwara no Motokata (grandson);

Ariwara no Narihira (在原業平, 825 – 9 July 880) was a Japanese courtier and waka poet of the early Heian period. He was named one of both the Six Poetic Geniuses and the Thirty-Six Poetic Geniuses, and one of his poems was included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu collection. He is also known as Zai Go-Chūjō, Zai Go, Zai Chūjō or Mukashi-Otoko.

There are 87 poems attributed to Narihira in court anthologies, though some attributions are dubious. Narihira's poems are exceptionally ambiguous; the compilers of the 10th-century Kokin Wakashū thus treated them to relatively long headnotes.

Narihira's many renowned love affairs have exerted a profound influence on later Japanese culture. Legends have held that he had affairs with the high priestess of the Ise Grand Shrine and the poet Ono no Komachi, and that he fathered Emperor Yōzei. His love affairs inspired The Tales of Ise, and he has ever since been a model of the handsome, amorous nobleman.

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