Fujiwara no Michinobu
Fujiwara no Michinobu was a Japanese waka poet of the mid-Heian period. One of his poems was included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. He produced a private waka collection, the Michinobu-shū.Biography
Born in 972, he was a son of Tamemitsu and adopted by the latter's brother Kaneie.
He served as commander of the guard, and although he died young he was considered a brilliant commander. He died in 994.Poetry
Forty-eight of his poems were included in imperial anthologies, and he was listed as one of the Late Classical Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry.
The following poem by him was included as No. 52 in Fujiwara no Teika's Ogura Hyakunin Isshu:
A private collection of his poems, the Michinobu-shū, survives.
