Fujiwara no Akihira

Fujiwara no Akihira (藤原 明衡; 989? – November 14, 1066) was a Japanese nobleman and kanshi poet of the Heian period.

Life[]

Fujiwara no Akihira was the second child of Fujiwara no Atsunobu.^[1] His mother was a daughter of 良峰英材,^[2] or possibly a daughter of  [ja].^[2] He was probably born around 989.^[2]

He studied under his father from a young age,^[2] and in Kankō 1 (1004 in the Gregorian calendar) enrolled in the  [ja].^[2]

Among his children were  [ja]^[2] and Fujiwara no Atsumitsu.^[2]

According to the (勅撰作者部類), he died on the 18th day of the tenth month in Jiryaku 2 (November 14, 1066).^[2] In his article on Akihira for the Nihon Koten Bungaku Daijiten,  [ja] suggests that he may have been 78 (by Japanese reckoning) at the time of his death.^[2]

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