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Poetry-related events during the 10th century
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Arabic and Persian World
Events
Persian Poets
Poets
Births of Arabic-world poets
Deaths of Arabic-world poets
Works
Shahnameh , One of the greatest masterpieces of world and persian literature.
Publication of the
Kitab al-Aghani or Book of Songs collecting important 9th century Arabic poetry and songs.
Abu-Shakur Balkhi , Āfarin nama (
944 )
Celtic and Germanic Europe
Events
"Age of the Sagas" - most of the events described in the Norse and Icelandic
Sagas date to the period from
930 to
1030 CE.
The Rhyming Poem , included in the
Exeter Book , is the first record of rhyming in English poetry.
Poets
Deor , a
scop , writes his Lament
10th century Norse and Icelandic
skalds for which exact dates are unavailable:
Works
Latin Europe
Poets
Byzantine Empire and Slavic Europe
India
Poets
China
Poets
Japan
Kokin Wakashū
Works
Imperial waka anthologies:
Kokin Wakashū the first imperial waka anthology, 20 scrolls, 1,111 poems, ordered by
Emperor Daigo and completed c.
905 , compiled by
Ki no Tsurayuki ,
Ki no Tomonori ,
Ōshikōchi and
Mibu no Tadamine
Gosen Wakashū 20 scrolls, 1,426 poems, ordered in
951 by
Emperor Murakami
Poets
Akazome Emon 赤染衛門 (
956 –
1041 )
waka poet of the mid-
Heian period ; a member of both the Thirty-six Elder Poetic Sages and
Kintō's 36 female poetry immortals (or "sages") of the
Kamakura period
Fujiwara no Asatada 藤原朝忠 also 中納言朝忠 (
911 –
966 ), middle
Heian period
waka poet and nobleman; one of the
Thirty-six Poetry Immortals ; one of his poems is in the
Hyakunin Isshu anthology
Fujiwara no Kintō 藤原公任, also known as "Shijō-dainagon" (
966 –
1041 ), poet and critic; one of the
Thirty-six Poetry Immortals ; has poems in anthologies including the
Shūi Wakashū , the
Wakan rōeishū , and
Shūi Wakashū
Fujiwara no Masatada 藤原雅正 (died
961 ), poet with family connections to several other poets: first son of
Fujiwara no Kanesuke ; grandfather of
Murasaki Shikibu ("Lady Murasaki"); older brother of
Fujiwara no Kiyotada ; married a daughter of
Fujiwara no Sadakata ; father of
Fujiwara no Tametoki ; also acquainted with
Ki no Tsurayuki
Fujiwara no Nagayoshi 藤原長能, also known as "Fujiwara no Nagatō" (
949 – death year unknown), poet and a court bureaucrat of the
Heian period ; one of the "
Thirty-six Poetry Immortals "; taught waka to the poet
Nōin
Fujiwara no Takamitsu 藤原高光 (c.
939 –
994 ), middle
Heian period
waka poet and nobleman; one of the
Thirty-six Poetry Immortals ; has poems in imperial poetry anthologies starting with
Gosen Wakashū
Fujiwara no Tametoki 藤原為時 (died
1029 ?), poet, minor official and governor of various provinces, scholar of
Chinese literature and the father of
Murasaki Shikibu ("Lady Murasaki")
Fujiwara no Toshiyuki 藤原敏行, also "Fujiwara Toshiyuki no Ason" 藤原敏行朝亜 (birthdate unknown, died in
901 or
907 ), middle
Heian period
waka poet and nobleman; one of the
Thirty-six Poetry Immortals ; has a poem in the anthology
Hyakunin Isshu and poems in several imperial poetry anthologies, including
Kokin Wakashū and
Gosen Wakashū
Izumi Shikibu 和泉式部 nicknamed "The Floating Lady" 浮かれ女 for her series of passionate affairs (born c.
976 – year of death unknown, sometime after
1033 ), mid-
Heian period poet, novelist and noblewoman; one of the
Thirty-six Poetry Immortals ; known for a sequence of affairs at the court in the capital; close friend of
Akazome Emon , rival of
Lady Murasaki , and mother of poet
Koshikibu no Naishi ; poetry praised by
Fujiwara no Kinto
Ki no Tomonori 紀友則 (c.
850 – c.
904 ), early
Heian period
waka poet of the court, one of the
Thirty-six Poetry Immortals ; one of the four compilers of the
Kokin Wakashū anthology
Ki no Tsurayuki 紀貫之 (
872 –
945 )
Heian period
waka poet, government official and courtier; son of
Ki no Mochiyuki ; one of four compilers of the
Kokin Wakashū anthology; provincial governor of
Tosa province (930–935) and later possibly governor of
Suo province
Kishi Joō 徽子女王, also Yoshiko Joō 承香殿女御 Jokyōden Joō or 斎宮女御 Saigū no Nyōgo (
929 –
985 ), middle
Heian period
Waka poet
Kiyohara no Motosuke , 清原元輔 (
908 –
990 ), one of the
Five Men of the Pear Chamber
Mibu no Tadamine 壬生忠岑 (active
898 –
920 ),
Japanese early
Heian period
waka poet of the court; one of the
Thirty-six Poetry Immortals ; father of
Mibu no Tadami
Minamoto no Kintada 源公忠, also 源公忠朝臣 (
889 –
948 ), middle
Heian period
waka poet and nobleman; one of the
Thirty-six Poetry Immortals , along with his son
Minamoto no Saneakira ; an official in the imperial treasury; has poems in imperial poetry anthologies, starting with the
Goshūi Wakashū
Minamoto no Muneyuki 源宗于, also Minamoto no Muneyuki Ason 源宗于朝臣 (died
983 ), early
Heian period
waka poet and nobleman; one of the
Thirty-six Poetry Immortals ; has a poem in the
Hyakunin Isshu anthology
Minamoto no Saneakira 源信明 (
910 –
970 ), middle
Heian period
waka poet and nobleman; he and his father,
Minamoto no Kintada , are two of the
Thirty-six Poetry Immortals ; his poems are in imperial poetry anthologies from the
Goshūi Wakashū onward
Minamoto no Shigeyuki 源重之 (died
1000 ), early
Heian period
waka poet and nobleman; one of the
Thirty-six Poetry Immortals ; has a poem in the
Hyakunin Isshu anthology
Minamoto no Shitagō 源順 (
911 –
983 ),
waka poet, scholar and nobleman; one of the
Five Men of the Pear Chamber and
Thirty-six Poetry Immortals ; author of the Minamoto no Shitagōshū poetry collection; some scholars claim that he also wrote the
Taketori Monogatari ; original compiler of the
Wamyō Ruijushō , the first extant Japanese dictionary organized into semantic headings
Nakatsukasa 中務 (
912 –
991 ), middle
Heian period
Waka poet
Nōin 能因, lay name: Tachibana no Nagayasu 橘永愷 (
988 – c.
1051 ), late
Heian period poet and monk; one of the "
Thirty-six Medieval Poetry Immortals "
Ono no Komachi 小野 小町 or おののこまち (c.
825 – c.
900 ), early
Heian period
waka poet, one of the Rokkasen — the
Six best Waka poets ; one of the
Thirty-six Poetry Immortals ; noted as a rare beauty and became a symbol of a beautiful woman in Japan
Ōnakatomi no Yorimoto 大中臣頼基 (c.
886 –
958 ), middle
Heian period
waka poet and nobleman; one of the
Thirty-six Poetry Immortals
Sei Shōnagon 清少納言 (
c. 966 –
1017 ), middle
Heian Period author, poet and court lady who served
Empress Teishi /Empress Sadako; best known as the author of
The Pillow Book
Shirome (
fl. 10th century), minor
waka poet and common prostitute (a woman)
Sugawara no Michizane 菅原道真, also known as "Kan Shōjō" 菅丞相, (
845 –
903 ),
Heian Period scholar, poet and politician; grandson of
Sugawara no Kiyotomo ; also wrote
Chinese poetry
Decades and years
References