870s in poetry

This article covers 870s in poetry. Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.

Events

870:

Approximate date of completion of the Muspilli
Approximate date of the Kakawin Rāmâyaṇa

Births

Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article. There are conflicting or unreliable sources for the birth years of many people born in this period; where sources conflict, the poet is listed again and the conflict is noted:
872:

Ki no Tsurayuki , Japanese waka poet

873:

Fujiwara no Sadakata, Japanese poet

875:

Lady Ise, a prominent woman waka poet

877:

Fujiwara no Kanesuke, one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals of Japan

Deaths

Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:
870:

Wen Tingyun, Chinese lyricist of the late Tang dynasty who helped establish the Ci in chinese poetry

877:

Johannes Scotus Eriugena, among the last Hiberno-Latin poets

878:

King Amoghavarsha I, of the Rashtrakuta dynasty,, king and Kannada poet