Fujiwara no Akitsuna
{{Short description|Japanese nobleman and waka poet (died c. 1105)}}
Fujiwara no Akitsuna (藤原 顕綱; dates uncertain, ? – {{circa|1103–1107}}) was a Japanese nobleman and waka poet of the Heian period.
Life
Fujiwara no Akitsuna was a son of {{illm|Fujiwara no Kanetsune|ja|藤原兼経}},{{sfnm|1a1=Furuya|1y=1983|1p=266|2a1=Katō|2y=1994|3a1=Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Plus|3y=2015}} a member of the Michitsuna lineage (道綱流) of the Northern Branch of the Fujiwara clan.{{sfnm|1a1=Furuya|1y=1983|1p=266|2a1=Katō|2y=1994|3a1=Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Plus|3y=2015}} His mother was Ben no Menoto,{{sfnm|1a1=Furuya|1y=1983|1p=266|2a1=Katō|2y=1994|3a1=Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Plus|3y=2015}} a daughter of Fujiwara no Masatoki (藤原順時),{{sfnm|1a1=Furuya|1y=1983|1p=266|2a1=Katō|2y=1994|3a1=Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Plus|3y=2015}} the governor of Kaga Province.{{sfnm|1a1=Furuya|1y=1983|1p=266}} The year of his birth is uncertain.{{sfnm|1a1=Furuya|1y=1983|1p=266}}
He was the adoptive father of Arisuke (有佐), a son of Emperor Go-Sanjō.{{sfnm|1a1=Furuya|1y=1983|1p=266}} His other children included Michitsune (道経), the governor of Izumi Province,{{sfnm|1a1=Furuya|1y=1983|1p=266}} Kenshi (ja), the wet nurse of Emperor Horikawa,{{sfnm|1a1=Furuya|1y=1983|1p=266}} and Nagako, the author of the {{illm|Sanuki-no-suke Nikki|ja|讃岐典侍日記}}.{{sfnm|1a1=Furuya|1y=1983|1p=266|2a1=Katō|2y=1994|3a1=Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Plus|3y=2015}} He was also related by marriage to {{illm|Fujiwara no Michitoshi|ja|藤原通俊}} and Fujiwara no Akisue.{{sfnm|1a1=Furuya|1y=1983|1p=266}}
During the Kanji era (1087–1094) he became the governor of Sanuki Province,{{sfnm|1a1=Furuya|1y=1983|1p=266}} earning him the nickname Sanuki no Nyūdō (讃岐入道).{{sfnm|1a1=Furuya|1y=1983|1p=266|2a1=Katō|2y=1994|3a1=Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Plus|3y=2015}} He served in positions such as governor of Tanba Province{{sfnm|1a1=Furuya|1y=1983|1p=266}} and governor of Izumi Province,{{sfnm|1a1=Furuya|1y=1983|1p=266}} and by the end of his career was of Senior Fourth Rank, Lower Grade.{{sfnm|1a1=Furuya|1y=1983|1p=266}}
He probably took the tonsure in Kōwa 2 (1100).{{sfnm|1a1=Furuya|1y=1983|1p=266}}
It is uncertain when he died.{{sfnm|1a1=Furuya|1y=1983|1p=266}} Sonpi Bunmyaku says he died on the 27th day of the sixth month of Kōwa 5 (1103), at age 75 (by Japanese reckoning),{{sfnm|1a1=Furuya|1y=1983|1p=266}} but his poetry appears in the record of the Sakon no Gon-Chūjō Toshitada Ason-ke Uta-awase (左近権中将俊忠朝臣家歌合), which took place the following year.{{sfnm|1a1=Furuya|1y=1983|1p=266}} {{illm|Boku Hagitani|ja|萩谷朴}} places his death in the summer of Kajō 2 (1107).{{sfnm|1a1=Furuya|1y=1983|1p=266}}
Poetry
The first uta-awase contest in which he took part was the Jōryaku Ninen Dairi Uta-awase (承暦二年内裏歌合) in Jōryaku 2 (1078).{{sfnm|1a1=Furuya|1y=1983|1p=266}} He took part in the poetic gatherings:
- the Kaya no In-dono Shichiban Uta-awase (高陽院殿七番歌合) in the eighth month of Kanji 8 (1094);{{sfnm|1a1=Furuya|1y=1983|1p=266}}
- the Ikuhō Mon'in Senzai-awase (郁芳門院前栽合) in the eighth month of Kahō 2 (1095);{{sfnm|1a1=Furuya|1y=1983|1p=266}} and
- the Sakon no Gon-Chūjō Toshitada Ason-ke Uta-awase in the fifth month of Chōji 1 (1104).{{sfnm|1a1=Furuya|1y=1983|1p=266}}
He also held poetic gatherings at his own residence.{{sfnm|1a1=Furuya|1y=1983|1p=266}}
According to the {{illm|Fukuro-zōshi|ja|袋草紙}}, he was engaged in copying the Man'yōshū,{{sfnm|1a1=Furuya|1y=1983|1p=266}} and that he came into possession of the Yōmei-in text (陽明院本 Yōmei'in-bon) of the Kokinshū, penned by the compiler Ki no Tsurayuki.{{sfnm|1a1=Furuya|1y=1983|1p=266}}
Twenty-five of his poems were included in imperial anthologies, including the Goshūishū.{{sfnm|1a1=Furuya|1y=1983|1p=266}} He left a personal collection, the Akitsuna Ason Shū.{{sfnm|1a1=Furuya|1y=1983|1p=266}} Among his most famous works is the following poem, which was submitted to the Sakon no Gon-Chūjō Toshitada Ason-ke Uta-awase and included in the first book of love poems in the Shikashū:{{sfnm|1a1=Furuya|1y=1983|1p=266}}
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| :くれなゐの :こぞめの衣 :うへに着む :恋の涙の :色隠るやと | :kurenai no :kozome no koromo :ue ni kin :koi no namida no :iro kakuru ya to | |
References
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- {{cite book
|last = Furuya
|first = Takako
|author-link = Takako Furuya
|chapter = Fujiwara no Akitsuna
|script-chapter = ja:藤原顕綱
|pages = 266
|title = Nihon Koten Bungaku Daijiten
|script-title = ja:日本古典文学大辞典
|language = Japanese
|year = 1983
|volume = 5
|location = Tokyo
|publisher = Iwanami Shoten
|oclc = 11917421
}}
- {{cite encyclopedia
|last = Katō
|first = Mutsumi
|author-link = Mutsumi Katō
|encyclopedia = Asahi Nihon Rekishi Jinbutsu Jiten
|title = Fujiwara no Akitsuna
|language = japanese
|script-title = ja:藤原顕綱
|year = 1994
|publisher = Asahi Shinbun-sha
|url = https://kotobank.jp/word/藤原顕綱-1105728#E6.9C.9D.E6.97.A5.E6.97.A5.E6.9C.AC.E6.AD.B4.E5.8F.B2.E4.BA.BA.E7.89.A9.E4.BA.8B.E5.85.B8
|access-date = 2018-08-30
}}
- {{cite encyclopedia
|encyclopedia = Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Plus
|title = Fujiwara no Akitsuna
|language = japanese
|script-title = ja:藤原顕綱
|year = 2015
|publisher = Kodansha
|url = https://kotobank.jp/word/藤原顕綱-1105728#E3.83.87.E3.82.B8.E3.82.BF.E3.83.AB.E7.89.88.20.E6.97.A5.E6.9C.AC.E4.BA.BA.E5.90.8D.E5.A4.A7.E8.BE.9E.E5.85.B8.2BPlus
|access-date = 2018-08-30
|ref = {{SfnRef|Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Plus|2015}}
}}
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Category:11th-century Japanese poets