Sugawara no Fumitoki

A man of letters in the mid-Heian period. Michizane's grandson and Takami's son. He was called Kansanpon. At the age of 45, he finally passed the test, and after serving as Naiki and Benkan for many years, he held prominent positions as a scholar, such as Monjo Hakase, Daigaku Kami, and Shikibu no Taifu. However, his desire to be promoted to Kugyo was not realized, and he was finally awarded the rank of Jusanmi at the age of 83, but he died on September 8, 4th year of Tengen, that same year. As one of the leading literary figures of the Murakami era alongside Oe no Asatsuna and Koretoki, he was active in composing the "Kongenroku Byobushi" folding screen poems, submitting petitions for era names, and writing imperial edicts and petitions. Furthermore, in response to an imperial edict from Emperor Murakami, he submitted the Three Articles of Opinion in 954 (Tenryaku 8), a treatise pointing out political reforms, proving that he was not just a literary figure. He wrote the poetry collection "Bunkaishu" and the "Joi Ryakurei," but both have since been lost. Many of his poems and prose remain in works such as "Fusoshu" and "Honcho Monzui." His delicate and elegant style of poetry was beloved in later generations, and his works are quoted more than any other Japanese poet in the "Wakan Roeishu."

[Akio Goto]

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平安中期の文人。道真(みちざね)の孫、高視(たかみ)の子。菅三品(かんさんぽん)と称された。45歳でようやく対策及第、以後長く内記、弁官を務めたのち、文章博士(もんじょうはかせ)、大学頭(かみ)、式部大輔(しきぶのたいふ)等の学者としての顕職を歴任したが、公卿(くぎょう)昇任の望みはなかなかかなえられず、83歳でようやく従三位(じゅさんみ)に叙せられたものの、その年天元(てんげん)4年9月8日没した。大江朝綱(おおえのあさつな)・維時(これとき)と並ぶ村上(むらかみ)朝の代表的文人として、『坤元録屏風詩(こんげんろくびょうぶし)』の詠作、元号の勘申(かんじん)、詔勅・上表等の制作などに活躍した。さらに村上天皇の勅に応じて954年（天暦8）に提出された意見封事(ふうじ)三か条は、政治の改革を指摘した論文で、彼が単なる文人ではなかったことを示す。詩集『文芥(ぶんかい)集』のほか『叙位略例』の著作があったが、ともに散逸。詩文は『扶桑(ふそう)集』『本朝文粋(ほんちょうもんずい)』などに多く残る。後代その繊細艶麗(えんれい)な詩風が愛好され、『和漢朗詠集』には本朝詩人中もっとも多くの作が引かれる。

［後藤昭雄］

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