Minamoto no Hitoshi

- Period: Heian Period
- Occupation: Waka Poet
- Family: Emperor Saga (Great-Grandfather)
- Birth: 880AD
- Death: 951AD
Minamoto no Hitoshi
Minamoto no Hitoshi (源等) was the great-grandson of Emperor Saga, living from 880-951AD.
During his lifetime he was Governor of several important provinces and in 947AD he recieved the rank of General of the Fourth Rank.
We can find four of his poems in the Gosenshū, as well as one of his poems (No.39) in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu which goes as follows:1
Japanese text2 | Romanized Japanese1 | English translation1 |
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浅茅生の 小野の篠原 忍ぶれど あまりてなどか 人の恋しき | Asajiu no Ono no shinobara shinoburedo amarite nado ka hito no koishiki | I try to conceal my feelings, but they are too much to bear- like reeds hidden in the low bamboo of this desolate plain. Why do I love you so? |
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.
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