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Ki no Tomonori (紀 友則, c. 850 – c. 904) was an early Heian waka poet of the court and a member of the sanjūrokkasen or Thirty-Six Poetry Immortals. He was a compiler of the Kokin Wakashū, though he certainly did not see it to completion as the anthology includes a eulogy to him composed by Ki no Tsurayuki, his cousin and colleague in the compilation effort. Tomonori is the author of several poems in the Kokinshū, and a few of his poems appear in later official collections. A collection of his poems from various sources appeared as the Tomonori-shū.
Tomonori's most famous waka is included in Hyakunin Isshu that was compiled in the 13th century:
久方の光のどけき春の日に
静心なく花の散るらむ
hisakata no hikari nodokeki haru no hi ni
shizugokoro naku hana no chiruran
From afar of peaceful light, on the day of spring without quiet minds, do the flowers fall?
(Kokin Wakashū 2:84)
This waka has been made a choral song "Hisakata No (In the Peaceful Light)" by Ruth Morris Gray and is sung by various choral groups of the world.
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- Published by Alfred Publishing Co., Inc., U.S.A., 2009
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