Tokudaiji Sanesada

Tokudaiji Sanesada (徳大寺 実定, 1139–1192) was a Japanese waka poet and nobleman during the Heian period.

Tokudaiji Sanesada
徳大寺実定
Tokudaiji Sanesada
Born1139
Died1192
NationalityJapanese
Occupation(s)nobleman, politician

He is also known as the Later Tokudaiji Minister of the Left (後徳大寺左大臣, Go-Tokudaiji no Sadaijin), having served as Sadaijin in the Heian imperial administration.

Poetry

One of his poems is included in Hyakunin Isshu:

ほととぎす鳴きつる方をながむれば
     ただ有明の月ぞ残れる

hototogisu nakitsuru kata o nagamureba
tada ariake no tsuki zo nokoreru

(Senzai Wakashū 3:161)


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