Fujiwara no Atsutaka (藤原 敦隆; 1060s–1120) was a Japanese nobleman and waka poet of the Heian period. His real name may have been Tachibana no Atsutaka.
Life
editFujiwara no Atsutaka was a son of the governor of Hizen Province, Fujiwara no Toshikiyo (藤原俊清).[1] His year of birth is unknown,[2] but the Chūyūki's entry for the 27th day of the seventh month of Hōan 1 (22 August 1120 in the Julian calendar) says that he was in his fifties when he died earlier that same month.[1]
The Sonpi Bunmyaku does not mention a "Fujiwara no Atsutaka", but it includes a reference to "Mokunosuke Atsutaka" (木工助敦隆), son of "Tachibana no Toshikiyo" (橘俊清).[1] Atsutaka's court position was Mokunosuke (assistant director of the Mokuryō 木工寮),[2] and his father's name was the same, so it is believed that these two were the same individual.[1][a]
The Chūyūki records that he was assigned to the Mokunosuke post in Eichō 1 (1096).[1] He appears to have held this position until his death.[1]
According to the Chūyūki, Atsutaka died on the first day of the seventh month of Hōan 1 (27 July 1120).[2]
Descendants
editHis daughter married Minamoto no Toshiyori,[1] and from this union was born Shun'e.[1]
Poetry
editHe participated in the Sanka Goban Uta-awase (山家五番歌合) in Tennin 3 (1110).[2] Counting both "Tachibana no Atsutaka" and "Fujiwara no Atsutaka", his name appears in the surviving records of four uta-awase contests from this period.[1] None of his poems, however, were included in any of the court anthologies.[1]
He was also noted for his scholarship,[2] and compiled the 20-volume Ruiju Koshū (類聚古集), a thematically arranged collection of Man'yōshū poems.[2] Sixteen volumes of the work are extant.[1]
Notes
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editWorks cited
edit- Nishimura, Kayoko (1983). "Fujiwara no Atsutaka" 藤原敦隆. Nihon Koten Bungaku Daijiten 日本古典文学大辞典 (in Japanese). Vol. 5. Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten. p. 267. OCLC 11917421.
- "Fujiwara no Atsutaka" 藤原敦隆. Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Plus (in Japanese). Kodansha. 2015. Retrieved 2018-09-06.