Onaka Tominosukechika - Onaka Tominosukechika

A court poet in the mid-Heian period. He was the son of Yoshinobu and the father of Ise no Taifu. He became a chief priest and a Jingi haku (master of ceremonies). He became a poet under the tutelage of Yoshinobu at the end of the 10th century, when the style of poetry of the Three Generations of Emperors was perfected. He first served Fujiwara no Asamitsu (Left General of Kan'in), but eventually Michinaga and Yorimichi recognized his talent as a Jingi official and promoted him to the rank of Shosanmi (third rank) and Jingi haku (master of ceremonies). He was also highly valued as a summoned poet for poetry gatherings, folding screen poems, and Daijoe poems. He was a judge at the Kayanoin Suikaku Utaawase (poetry contest at Kayanoin Suikaku) in 1035 (8th year of the Chogen era). He died on June 24th, 2nd year of the Choryaku era. He was 85 years old. Some of the fine poems he wrote in his youth are, "Ashihiki mountain, the cuckoo's home is so familiar that at twilight I can hardly hear its name" (Shuishu), and he has 31 poems selected for the Imperial anthology, and his family anthology, Fushinshu, was selected by his children.

[Goto Shoko]

"Poets of the Onakatomi Family by Miyako Hosaka (1972, Musashino Shoin)"

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平安中期の宮廷歌人。能宣(よしのぶ)の男、伊勢大輔(いせのたいふ)の父。祭主、神祇伯(じんぎはく)となる。10世紀末の三代集(さんだいしゅう)歌風完成期に能宣の薫陶を受けて歌人となり、初め藤原朝光（閑院左大将）に近侍したが、やがて道長・頼通(よりみち)に神祇官としての才腕を買われて正三位(しょうさんみ)神祇伯に至り、歌会、屏風歌(びょうぶうた)、大嘗会(だいじょうえ)歌などの応召歌人としても重用された。1035年（長元8）「賀陽院水閣歌合(かやのいんすいかくうたあわせ)」の判者。長暦(ちょうりゃく)2年6月24日卒。85歳。若いころの佳詠に「足曳(あしひき)の山ほととぎす里なれてたそがれ時の名のりすらしも」（拾遺集）があり、勅撰入集(ちょくせんにっしゅう)歌31首、家集『輔親集』は子女の選。

［後藤祥子］

『保坂都著『大中臣家の歌人群』（1972・武蔵野書院）』

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