Ōe no Chisato
Japanese poet and scholar (f. 889–923)
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Ōe no Chisato (大江千里) was a Japanese waka poet and Confucian scholar[1] of the late ninth and early tenth centuries. His exact birth and death dates are unknown[1][2][3] but he flourished around 889 to 923.[4] He was one of the Chūko Sanjūrokkasen[1][3] and one of his poems was included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu.[4][5]
He was a son of Ōe no Otondo (大江音人)[5][1][2][3] and a nephew of Ariwara no Yukihira and Ariwara no Narihira.[4][5] Ten of his poems were included in the Kokin Wakashū[1] and fifteen in later imperial anthologies.[4][2]
He was the author of the kudai waka, also known as the chisato-shū. A selection of waka based on lines from various Chinese poems.[6]
The following poem by him was included as No. 23 in Fujiwara no Teika's Ogura Hyakunin Isshu:
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