Fujiwara no Atsutada

• • Period: Heian Period
  • Occupation: Statesman, Poet, Musician
  • Family: Fujiwara no Tokihira (father) Fujiwara no Akitada (brother) Fujiwara no Yasutada (brother) Fujiwara no Hōshi (sister)
  • Birth: 906AD
  • Death: 943AD

Fujiwara no Atsutada

Fujiwara no Atsutada (藤原敦忠) was a member of the Fujiwara Clan, more specifically the Hokke Branch of this clan. He was the son of Fujiwara no Tokihira and brother to Fujiwara no Akitada.

Also known as Honin Chūnagon he was a statesman and poet in his lifetime.¹

In addition to this we know he was a renowned musician and is included in the Tales of Yamato.

30 of his poems can be found in the Imperial Anthologies as well as in a private collection, and he was included in Kintō’s list of Thirty Six Poetic Geniuses.

One of his poems (No.43) can be found in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu and goes as follows:²

Footnotes

1. Louis Frederic, translated by Kathe Roth (2002) “Japan Encyclopedia”. London: Harvard University Press.
2. MacMillan, P. (2018) ”One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each: A Treasury of Classical Japanese Verse”. St. Ives: Penguin Classics.
3. Suzuki, H. et al. (1997) ”Genshoku: Ogura Hyakunin Isshu”. Tokyo: Bun’eidō.

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