Английская Википедия:Fujiwara no Akinaka
Fujiwara no Akinaka (藤原 顕仲; 1059–1129) was a Japanese nobleman and waka poet of the Heian period.
Life
Fujiwara no Akinaka was born in Kōhei 2 (1059 in the Gregorian calendar).Шаблон:Sfnm He was the third son of Sukenaka (ja),Шаблон:Sfnm a member of the Saneyori lineage (実頼流) of the Northern Branch of the Fujiwara clan.Шаблон:Sfnm He was later adopted by Шаблон:Illm,Шаблон:Sfnm the governor of Mutsu Province.Шаблон:Sfnm His mother was a daughter of Шаблон:Illm.Шаблон:Sfnm
He is known as Suke Akinaka (佐顕仲)Шаблон:Sfnm to distinguish him from Шаблон:Illm.Шаблон:Sfnm He had various other names,Шаблон:Sfnm such as Katsumata no Hyōe no Suke (勝間田兵衛佐),Шаблон:Sfnm by which name the Шаблон:Illm calls him.Шаблон:Sfnm The latter name is a derived from a combination of his court position, Sahyōe-no-suke, and a famous poem he composed at the Shirakawa-den Gyokai (白河殿御会) on Katsumata Pond (勝間田池 Katsumata-no-ike):Шаблон:Sfnm
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He was close friends with Minamoto no Toshiyori and Fujiwara no Mototoshi,Шаблон:Sfnm and in addition to being a respected poet he was also known for his skill as a calligrapher and musician,Шаблон:Sfnm but was unable to attain success due to his relatively low birth.Шаблон:Sfnm By the end of his career, he had risen to the Junior Fourth Rank, Lower Grade.Шаблон:Sfnm He held the position of Assistant Head of Left Military Guards (左兵衛佐 sahyōe-no-suke).Шаблон:Sfnm
According to the Шаблон:Illm,Шаблон:Sfnm Akinaka died on the third day of the first month of Daiji 4 (31 January 1129).Шаблон:Sfnm He was 71 (by Japanese reckoning).Шаблон:Sfnm
Poetry
The first uta-awase contest in which he took part was the Sakon no Gon-Chūjō Toshitada Ason-ke Uta-awase (左近権中将俊忠朝臣家歌合) in Chōji 1 (1104).Шаблон:Sfnm He took part in the following poetic gatherings:
- the Ungo-ji Kechien-kyō Goen Uta-awase (雲居寺結縁経後宴歌合) in Eikyū 4 (1116);Шаблон:Sfnm
- the Hitomaro-eigu held by Fujiwara no Akisue in Gen'ei 1 (1118);Шаблон:Sfnm and
- the Naidaijin-ke Uta-awase (内大臣家歌合) that was held over three sessions between Gen'ei 1 and Gen'ei 2 (1119).Шаблон:Sfnm
He was one of the poets of the Horikawa-in Ontoki Hyakushu Waka (堀河院御時百首和歌).Шаблон:Sfnm
According to the Шаблон:Illm,Шаблон:Sfnm he was disappointed with the Kin'yōshū,Шаблон:Sfnm and in Daiji 1 (1126)Шаблон:Sfnm compiled his own anthology, the Ryōgyokushū (良玉集),Шаблон:Sfnm which is no longer extant.Шаблон:Sfnm
18 of his poems were included in imperial anthologies from the Kin'yōshū on.Шаблон:Sfnm
One famous poem of his, in which he laments his lack of success at court, is the following from the first book of miscellaneous poems in the Kin'yōshū:Шаблон:Sfnm
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