Minamoto no Kintada

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Minamoto no Kintada (889–948, Japanese: 源 公忠, also 源公忠朝臣 Miyamoto no Kintada Ason) was a middle Heian waka poet and nobleman. Along with his son, Minamoto no Saneakira, he is designated a member of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals. Under Emperor Daigo and Emperor Suzaku, he was an official in the imperial treasury.

Minamoto no Kintada Asomi by Kanō Naonobu, 1648

Kintada's poems are included in imperial poetry anthologies from the Goshūi Wakashū onward. A personal collection known as the Kintadashū also remains. The Great Mirror and Yamato Monogatari preserve anecdotes about him, and he excelled in falconry and kōdō, in addition to poetry.

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