Fujiwara no Atsumitsu
Fujiwara no Atsumitsu was a Japanese nobleman and writer of both kanshi and waka poetry who lived during the Heian period.
Biography
The poet Fujiwara no Atsumitsu was born in 1063. His father was Fujiwara no Akihira and his mother was a daughter of Taira no Sanshige.Atsutane lost his father when he was four by traditional Japanese reckoning, and he was raise by his elder brother. During the reign of Emperor Shirakawa, he became a student Chinese literature at the Imperial University, and in his 28th year he was selected as one of the monjō tokugō-shō, a prestigious honour granted to two students at a time.
Atsumitsu died on the 28th day of the tenth month of the first year of Ten'yō, when he was 82 by traditional Japanese reckoning.