Sakanoue no Mochiki

• Period: Heian Period
• Occupation: Nashitsubo no Gonin, Poet
• Family: –
• Birth: 10th Century
• Death: –

Sakanoue no Mochiki

Sakanoue no Mochiki (坂上望城)  was a poet from the 10th Century. He was a part of the Nashitsubo no Gonin, and as part of it he helped in compiling the Gosenshū¹ and was also tasked to make a scholarly study of the Man’yōshū.²

Footnotes

1. Louis Frederic, translated by Kathe Roth (2002) “Japan Encyclopedia”. London: Harvard University Press.
2. Kodansha. (1993) ”Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia”. Tokyo: Kodansha Ltd.

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