Fun’ya no Asayasu

14/01/2023| Eli| 0 Comment| 10:23 pm

- Period: Heian Period
- Occupation: Waka Poet
- Family: Fun’ya no Yasuhide (father)
- Birth: fl. 9th/10th Century
- Death: –

Fun’ya no Asayasu

Fun’ya no Asayasu (文屋朝康) was a low ranking official and poet who was son to Fun’ya no Yasuhide. He flourished between the 9th and 10th century.

We know during his life he participated in many poetry competitions and has three poems in Imperial Anthologies.

One poem (No.37) is also featured in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu and goes as follows:¹

Japanese text²	Romanized Japanese¹	English translation¹
白露を風のふきしく秋の野はつらぬきとめぬ玉ぞちりける	Shiratsuyu ni kaze no fukishiku aki no no wa tsuranukitomenu tama zo chirikeru	When the wind gusts over the autumn fields, white dewdrops lie strewn about like scattered pearls.

Footnotes

1. MacMillan, P. (2018) ”One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each: A Treasury of Classical Japanese Verse”. St. Ives: Penguin Classics.
2. Suzuki, H. et al. (1997) ”Genshoku: Ogura Hyakunin Isshu”. Tokyo: Bun’eidō.

Six Poetic Geniuses
Otomo Kuronushi * Priest Kisen * Ono no Komachi * Archbishop Henjo * Ariwara no Narihira * Fun'ya no Yasuhide

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