Fujiwara no Atsunobu

Fujiwara no Atsunobu (藤原 敦信; fl. early 11th century CE) was a Japanese nobleman and writer of both waka and kanshi poetry.

Life

Fujiwara no Atsunobu was born to Fujiwara no Aishige (藤原敦信),[1] a member of the Shikike branch of the Fujiwara clan,[1] and a daughter of Minamoto no Hitoshi.[1] The year of his birth is unknown.[1]

During the reign of Emperor En'yū,[2] he became a student Chinese literature (文章生 monjōshō) at the Imperial University.[1]

The record of the Dajō Daijin-den Sanjikkō Uta-awase (太政大臣殿三十講歌合), dating from the fifth month of Chōho 5 (1003 in the Julian calendar) calls him "the former governor of Higo" (前肥後守).[2] The Midō Kanpaku-ki,[3] the diary of Fujiwara no Michinaga, records that in the fourth month of Kankō 4 (1007) he was invited to a private banquet (密宴 mitsuen) at the Inner Palace,[1] to which he contributed Chinese poetry.[3]

According to the Rokuhara Mitsu-ji Engi (六波羅蜜寺縁起), he became governor of Yamashiro Province around Chōwa 1 (1012).[2]} The Shōyūki records that[3] he was invited to the dokusho hajime of Prince Atsunaga (敦良親王, later Emperor Go-Suzaku) in the twelfth month of Chōwa 4 (January or February 1016),[1] at which he sat with Ōe no Takachika and Yoshishige no Tamemasa (慶滋為政),[3] and composed poetry in Chinese.[2]

He fathered the Confucianist and kanshi poet Fujiwara no Akihira.[1] According to a document (奏状 sōjō)[lower-alpha 1] presented by Akihira to the emperor,[3] his father was unfortunate in his later years,[1] and became a Buddhist monk.[1]

Poetry

He took part in various uta-awase contests,[4] including the Ichijō Dainagon-ke Uta-awase (一条大納言家歌合),[3] the Kanna Ninen Dairi Uta-awase in Kanna 2 (986)[3] and the Dajō Daijin-den Sanjikkō Uta-awase.[3]

One[2] of his Chinese poems was included in the Honchō Reisō.[1]

Notes
    1. Included in Book Six of the 本朝続文粋[3]

    References

    Citations
    1. Ōsone 1983, p. 268; Oboroya 1994; Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Plus 2015.
    2. Ōsone 1983, p. 268; Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Plus 2015.
    3. Ōsone 1983, p. 268.
    4. Ōsone 1983, p. 268; Oboroya 1994.

    Works cited
    • Ōsone, Shōsuke (1983). "Fujiwara no Atsunobu" 藤原敦信. Nihon Koten Bungaku Daijiten 日本古典文学大辞典 (in Japanese). 5. Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten. p. 268. OCLC 11917421.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
    • Oboroya, Hisashi (1994). "Fujiwara no Atsunobu" 藤原敦信. Asahi Nihon Rekishi Jinbutsu Jiten (in Japanese). Asahi Shinbun-sha. Retrieved 2018-09-06.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
    • "Fujiwara no Atsunobu" 藤原敦信. Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Plus (in Japanese). Kodansha. 2015. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
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