Fujiwara no Shunzei
Fujiwara no Shunzei (藤原 俊成, 1114 – 22 December 1204) was a Japanese poet, courtier, and Buddhist monk of the late Heian period. He was also known as Fujiwara no Toshinari or Shakua (釈阿) and when younger (1123–67) as Akihiro (顕広). He was noted for his innovations in the waka poetic form and compiling the Senzai Wakashū ("Collection of a Thousand Years"), the seventh imperial anthology of waka poetry.
Fujiwara no Shunzei | |
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Shunzei with page and armed attendants (Hyakunin Isshu: print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi) | |
| Born | 1114 |
| Died | December 22, 1204 |
| Occupation(s) | Poet, courtier, and monk |
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