Fujiwara no Tomoie

In this Japanese name, the surname is Fujiwara.

Fujiwara no Tomoie (藤原知家 1182 - 1258) was a waka poet and Japanese nobleman active in the Heian period and early Kamakura period. He is designated as a member of the New Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry (新三十六歌仙, Shinsanjūrokkasen). He was also known as Renshō (蓮性). He was the elder brother of Fujiwara no Akiuji.

References

Works cited

• Suzuki, Mifuyu (1983). "Fujiwara no Akiuji" 藤原顕氏. Nihon Koten Bungaku Daijiten 日本古典文学大辞典 (in Japanese). Vol. 5. Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten. p. 265. OCLC 11917421.

External links

• E-text of his poems in Japanese