Fujiwara no Akihira (藤原 明衡; 989?
– November 14, 1066) was a Japanese nobleman and kanshi poet of the Heian period.
[2] He studied under his father from a young age,[2] and in Kankō 1 (1004 in the Gregorian calendar) enrolled in the Monjō-in [ja].
[2] According to the Chokusen Sakusha Burui (勅撰作者部類), he died on the 18th day of the tenth month in Jiryaku 2 (November 14, 1066).
[2] In his article on Akihira for the Nihon Koten Bungaku Daijiten, Shōsuke Ōsone [ja] suggests that he may have been 78 (by Japanese reckoning) at the time of his death.