Ki no Tomonori

Ki no Tomonori (紀 友則, c. 850 – c. 904) was an early Heian waka poet of the court and a member of the sanjūrokkasen or Thirty-Six Poetry Immortals.

He was a compiler of the Kokin Wakashū, though he certainly did not see it to completion as the anthology includes a eulogy to him composed by Ki no Tsurayuki, his cousin and colleague in the compilation effort.

Tomonori's most famous waka is included in Hyakunin Isshu that was compiled in the 13th century: 久方の光のどけき春の日に     静心なく花の散るらむ hisakata no hikari nodokeki haru no hi nishizugokoro naku hana no chiruranFrom afar of peaceful light, on the day of spring without quiet minds, do the [cherry] flowers fall?

(Kokin Wakashū 2:84)This waka has been made a choral song "Hisakata No (In the Peaceful Light)" by Ruth Morris Gray[1] and is sung by various choral groups of the world.

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