was a Japanese waka poet of the mid-Heian period. One of his poems was included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. He produced a private waka collection, the Michinobu-shū.
Biography
Born in 972, he was a son of Tamemitsu and adopted by the latter's brother Kaneie.McMillan 2010 : 141.Daijirin entry "Fujiwara no Michinobu". Sanseidō.
He served as commander of the guard, and although he died young he was considered a brilliant commander. He died in 994.
Poetry Forty-eight of his poems were included in imperial anthologies, and he was listed as one of the Late Classical Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry.
The following poem by him was included as No. 52 in Fujiwara no Teika's Ogura Hyakunin Isshu: Japanese textSuzuki et al. 2009 : 67.Romanized JapaneseMcMillan 2010 : 165.English translationMcMillan 2010 : 54.明けぬれば 暮るるものとは 知りながら なほうらめしき 朝ぼらけかなAkenureba kururu mono to wa shiri-nagara nao urameshiki asaborake kanaAs the sun rises I know that when it sets at night I can see you again. Yet even so, how hateful— Parting in this cold light of dawn.
A private collection of his poems, the , survives.
References
Bibliography
McMillan, Peter. 2010 (1st ed. 2008). One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each. New York: Columbia University Press. Suzuki Hideo, Yamaguchi Shin'ichi, Yoda Yasushi. 2009 (1st ed. 1997). Genshoku: Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. Tokyo: Bun'eidō.
External links List of Michinobu's poems in the International Research Center for Japanese Studies's online waka database. Fujiwara no Michinobu on Kotobank.