Fujiwara no Kiyotada

Fujiwara no Kiyotada.jpg by Kanō Naonobu, 1648

In this Japanese name, the family name is Fujiwara.

Fujiwara no Kiyotada (藤原清正, died July 958) was a Japanese poet, in particular one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals. He was the second son of Fujiwara no Kanesuke, also one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals. Though his mother's name was not recorded, the Gosen Wakashū, an anthology of Japanese poems, mentions the name "Mother of Kiyotada" (清正母). His elder brother was Masatada.

External links

E-text of his poems in Japanese.

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