Sarumaru Dayū
Sarumaru no Taifu, also known as Sarumaru no Dayū was a waka poet in the early Heian period. He is a member of the Thirty Six Poetic Sages, but there are no detailed histories or legends about him. There is a possibility that there never was such a person. Some believe him to have been Prince Yamashiro no Ōe.The following waka is attributed to him, a classic autumn poem:
This poem is the 215th poem of the Kokin Wakashū, and was also incorporate into Fujiwara no Teika's famous Ogura Hyakunin Isshu, as number 5.
