Kino Tomonori

A poet of the early Heian period. Compiler of the Kokin Wakashu. One of the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets. Son of Aritomo. In 897 (Kanpei 9), he became Tosa no Jo, the following year Shonaiki, and in 904 (Engi 4), Onaiki. He died during the compilation of the Kokinshu. He is the third most collected poet with 46 poems. He left behind a significant number of poems in the Koresada no Miko no Ie no Utaawase (Poetry Contest of Prince Koresada's Household) and Kanpyo no Onto Tokikisai no Miya no Utaawase (Poetry Contest of the Kanpyo Imperial Court) as early as 892, and through the Shinsen Manyoshu, he was the most influential poet of the period immediately before the compilation of the Kokinshu. He is highly regarded as a poet who directly led the Kokinshu with his gentle and elegant style of poetry that is witty yet lyrical. Tsurayuki, the chief editor of the Kokinshu, was Tomonori's cousin.

On a spring day with the light of the sun shining, the flowers fall without any sense of calm. [Yasuhiko Kikuchi]

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平安前期の歌人。『古今和歌集』撰者(せんじゃ)。三十六歌仙の一人。有友の子。897年（寛平9）土佐掾(とさのじょう)、翌年少内記、904年（延喜4）大内記。『古今集』撰集途次に没した。集中第3位の46首入集(にっしゅう)。早く892年の「是貞親王家歌合(これさだのみこのいえのうたあわせ)」、「寛平御時后宮歌合(かんぴょうのおおんとききさいのみやのうたあわせ)」にかなりの歌を残し、『新撰万葉集』を通じて、『古今集』直前の時期の、もっとも有力な歌人であった。機知的なうちにもしみじみとした叙情を示す穏和典雅な歌風で、古今風を直接に導いた歌人として評価される。『古今集』筆頭撰者貫之(つらゆき)は、友則の従弟(いとこ)にあたる。

　ひさかたの光のどけき春の日に静心なく花の散るらむ
［菊地靖彦］

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