was a Japanese waka poet of the early Heian period.Daijisen entry "Sakanoue no Korenori". Shogakukan. His exact dates of birth and death are unknown,McMillan 2010: 137. but he was a fourth-generation descendant of Sakanoue no Tamuramaro.
He was one of the Thirty-six Immortals of Poetry and one of his poems was included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu.McMillan 2010: 33.Suzuki et al. 2009: 44–45. Forty-one of his poems were ultimately included in the imperial anthologies.
He was the father of the poet .Keene 1999: 329 (note 4).
During his own life he was known primarily as a champion kemari player. On March 2, 905, he and his colleagues kicked a ball 206 times without interruption at the Imperial Court, and were praised by the emperor.
He served as governor of Kaga Province.
Poetry One of his poems was included as No. 31 in Fujiwara no Teika's Ogura Hyakunin Isshu: Japanese textRomanized JapaneseMcMillan 2010: 161.English translation朝ぼらけ 有明の月と みるまでに 吉野の里に ふれる白雪Asaborake ariake no tsuki to miru made ni yoshino no sato ni fureru shira-yukiThe first light over Yoshino village— The snow has piled so deep, so white I cannot tell it from the dawn's pale moonlight
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External links E-text of his poems in Japanese