Fujiwara no Michinobu

Fujiwara no Michinobu (藤原道信) 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 (道信集), survives.