Nōin

Tachibana no Nagayasu (橘永愷, 988 – c. 1051), also known was Nōin (能因), was a Japanese poet and monk of the late Heian period.

Along with Izumi Shikibu, Nōin is one of "Thirty-six Medieval Poetry Immortals" of waka poetry selected by Fujiwara no Norikane [ja] (1107–1165).

Nōin authored of the Gengenshu and Nōin Utamakura.

Poetry

One of his poems is anthologized in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu:

嵐吹く三室の山のもみぢ葉は
     龍田の川の錦なりけり
arashi fuku Mimuro-no-yama no momijiba wa
Tatsuta-no-kawa no nishiki narikeri
Blown by storm winds, Mt. Mimuro's autumn leaves have become Tatsuta river's richly hued brocade!^[1]
(Goshūi Wakashū 5:366)

Bibliography

• Peter McMillan (2008) One hundred poets, one poem each : a translation of the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. New York : Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-14398-1

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