Fujiwara no Kiyosuke

Fujiwara no Kiyosuke (藤原清輔, 1104-1177[1][2][3][4]) was a Japanese waka poet and poetry scholar of the late Heian period.

84 in Fujiwara no Teika's Ogura Hyakunin Isshu: He was a member of the conservative Rokujō school of poetic composition, and Donald Keene has called him a "mediocre poet".

[9] Suzuki et al., however, say that his brilliant poetry scholarship put him at the top of the waka world in his day.

[10] He was one of the first to apply rules of choosing themes, participants and judges in the uta-awase poetry gatherings.

[13] The emperor died before its completion, and it remains consigned to the status of a private collection.