Saionji Kintsune

Saionji Kintsune (西園寺公経, 1171 – 1244) was a waka poet and Japanese nobleman active in the early Kamakura period.

He is designated as a member of the New Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry (新三十六歌仙, Shin Sanjūrokkasen).

In 1222AD he was appointed as the Chancellor of the Realm and later entered in religion in 1231AD.

[1] In the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu, he is called the Lay Buddhist Novice and former Chancellor of the Realm (入道前太政大臣, Nyudō Saki no Daijō-daijin).

The ninety-sixth poem reads: 花さそふ嵐の庭の雪ならで     ふりゆくものは我が身なりけり hana sasou arashi no niwa no yuki naradefuriyuku mono wa waga mi narikeri(Shinchokusen Wakashū 13:1054) This article about a Japanese writer, poet, or screenwriter is a stub.