Ōtomo Kuronushi

- Period: Heian Period
- Occupation: Waka Poet
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- Birth: –
- Death: –
Ōtomo Kuronushi
Ōtomo Kuronushi (大友 黒主) is known to have been one of the Six Poetic Geniuses, a list of six talented Heian Period Poets created by Ki no Tsurayuki. Out of the six poets he is the only one not included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu.1
Footnotes
1. MacMillan, P. (2018) ”One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each: A Treasury of Classical Japanese Verse”. St. Ives: Penguin Classics.
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