Fujiwara no Atsunobu (藤原 敦信; fl. early 11th century CE) was a Japanese nobleman and writer of both waka and kanshi poetry.
Life
Fujiwara no Atsunobu was born to Fujiwara no Aishige (藤原敦信), a member of the Shikike branch of the Fujiwara clan, and a daughter of Minamoto no Hitoshi. The year of his birth is unknown.
During the reign of Emperor En'yū, he became a student Chinese literature (文章生 monjōshō) at the Imperial University.
The record of the Dajō Daijin-den Sanjikkō Uta-awase (太政大臣殿三十講歌合), dating from the fifth month of Chōho 5 (1003 in the Julian calendar) calls him "the former governor of Higo" (前肥後守). The Midō Kanpaku-ki [ja], the diary of Fujiwara no Michinaga, records that in the fourth month of Kankō 4 (1007) he was invited to a private banquet (密宴 mitsuen) at the Inner Palace, to which he contributed Chinese poetry.
According to the Rokuhara Mitsu-ji Engi (六波羅蜜寺縁起), he became governor of Yamashiro Province around Chōwa 1 (1012).} The Shōyūki [ja] records that he was invited to the dokusho hajime [ja] of Prince Atsunaga (敦良親王, later Emperor Go-Suzaku) in the twelfth month of Chōwa 4 (January or February 1016), at which he sat with Ōe no Takachika [ja] and Yoshishige no Tamemasa (慶滋為政), and composed poetry in Chinese.
He fathered the Confucianist and kanshi poet Fujiwara no Akihira. According to a document (奏状 sōjō) presented by Akihira to the emperor, his father was unfortunate in his later years, and became a Buddhist monk.
Poetry
He took part in various uta-awase contests, including the Ichijō Dainagon-ke Uta-awase (一条大納言家歌合), the Kanna Ninen Dairi Uta-awase [ja] in Kanna 2 (986) and the Dajō Daijin-den Sanjikkō Uta-awase.
One of his Chinese poems was included in the Honchō Reisō [ja].
Notes
- Included in Book Six of the 本朝続文粋
References
Citations
- ^ Ōsone 1983, p. 268; Oboroya 1994; Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Plus 2015.
- ^ Ōsone 1983, p. 268; Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Plus 2015.
- ^ Ōsone 1983, p. 268.
- Ōsone 1983, p. 268; Oboroya 1994.
Works cited
- Ōsone, Shōsuke (1983). "Fujiwara no Atsunobu" 藤原敦信. Nihon Koten Bungaku Daijiten 日本古典文学大辞典 (in Japanese). Vol. 5. Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten. p. 268. OCLC 11917421.
- Oboroya, Hisashi (1994). "Fujiwara no Atsunobu" 藤原敦信. Asahi Nihon Rekishi Jinbutsu Jiten (in Japanese). Asahi Shinbun-sha. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
- "Fujiwara no Atsunobu" 藤原敦信. Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Plus (in Japanese). Kodansha. 2015. Retrieved 2018-09-06.