late 800s – 900s CE) was a Japanese waka poet of the early Heian period.
[1] According to the Kokin Wakashū Mokuroku (古今和歌集目録), he was adopted by his brother-in-law Fujiwara no Kunitsune (藤原国経).
[1] The following poem was included as the very first entry in the Kokin Wakashū, indicating the high regard in which the compilers likely held his poetry.
[1] 年のうちに 春は来にけり 一年を 去年とやいはむ 今年とやいはむ toshi no uchi ni haru wa ki ni keri hitotose o kozo to ya iwan kotoshi to ya iwan During the old year spring has come.
[1] In the middle ages there was apparently a private collection of his poems, the Motokata-kashū (元方家集),[1] but only a four-leaf fragment is known to exist today.