Ōshikōchi no Mitsune

Ōshikōchi no Mitsune

Ōshikōchi no Mitsune (凡河内 躬恒) was an early Heian administrator and waka poet of the Japanese court (859–925), and a member of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals. He was sent as the governor of Kai, Izumi and Awaji provinces, and on his return to Kyoto was asked to participate in the compilation of the Kokin Wakashū. He was a master of poetic matches and his poems to accompany pictures on folding screens were widely admired for their quality. His influence at the time was commensurate with Ki no Tsurayuki, and he has an unusually large number of poems (193) included in the official poetry collections. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ōshikōchi no Mitsune is the 5,637th most popular writer (down from 5,389th in 2019). (down from 4,182nd in 2019)