:Nōin

{{short description|Japanese poet}}

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{{nihongo|Tachibana no Nagayasu|橘永愷|extra=988 – {{circa|1051}}}}, also known was {{nihongo|Nōin|{{wt|ja|能因}}}}, was a Japanese poet and monk of the late Heian period.

Along with Izumi Shikibu, Nōin is one of "Thirty-six Medieval Poetry Immortals" of waka poetry selected by {{ill|Fujiwara no Norikane|ja|藤原範兼}} (1107–1165).

Nōin authored of the Gengenshu and Nōin Utamakura.

Poetry

One of his poems is anthologized in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu:

{{waka

|嵐吹く三室の山のもみぢ葉は|龍田の川の錦なりけり

|reading = arashi fuku Mimuro-no-yama no momijiba wa
Tatsuta-no-kawa no nishiki narikeri

|translation = Blown by storm winds, Mt. Mimuro's autumn leaves have become Tatsuta river's richly hued brocade!McMillan (2008: 71, 169).

|source = Goshūi Wakashū 5:366

}}

Bibliography

  • Peter McMillan (2008) One hundred poets, one poem each : a translation of the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. New York : Columbia University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-231-14398-1}}

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