Fujiwara no Masatsune
- Period: Kamakura Period
- Occupation: Poet
- Family:
- Birth: 1170
- Death: 1221
Fujiwara no Masatsune
Fujiwara no Masatsune (藤原 雅経) was a member of the Fujiwara Clan and founder of the Asukai Family. He lived from 1170-1221. In his time he was a prolific kemari player1 and was the founder of the Kemari Football School.2
In 1201, he helped in the compiliation of the sengohyaku ban uta awase, a poetic collection on 1500 linked waka poems.1
In 1198 was see him summoned by Emperor Go-Toba from Kamakura and was appointed as a member of the Bureau of Poetry in 1201 when he takes part in the compiliation of the Shin-Kokinshū.
In total we can find 134 poems of his in the Imperial Anthologies as well as in a private collection. He was also included as one of the 36 Poetic Geniuses of the Late Classical Period.2
One of this poems (No.94) can be found in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu and goes as follows:
Japanese text3 | Romanized Japanese2 | English translation2 |
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みよし野の 山の秋風 さよふけて ふるさとさむく 衣うつなり | Mitoyoshino no yama no akikaze sayo fukete furusato samuku koromo utsunari | A cold mountain wind blows down on the capital of Yoshino, as the autumn night deepens I can hear the chilly pounding of cloth being fulled. |
Footnotes
1. Louis Frederic, translated by Kathe Roth (2002) “Japan Encyclopedia”. London: Harvard University Press.
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