Ariwara no Narihira
Ariwara no Narihira (在原業平, 825 - 9 July 880) was a Japanese poet and noble. He was the fifth son of Prince Abo, a son of Emperor Heizei. His mother Princess Ito was a daughter of Emperor Kammu, so he was family to Emperor Kammu by both his mother and father. Along with his other brothers, he was forced to have a civilian life and did not live in the Imperial Court, getting a new clan name, Ariwara.
Ariwara No Narihira Media
The reputed site of Narihira's residence, near Karasuma Oike Station
Ariwara no Narihira looking for the ghost of Ono no Komachi, in an 1891 print by Yoshitoshi
The Mount Yoshida grave site
One traditional grave site of the Japanese poet Ariwara no Narihira, in Jūrin-ji in Kyoto.
Narihira and Nijō no Tsubone at the Fuji River, woodblock print by Yoshitoshi, 1882
References
- Trans. Helen Craig McCullough (1968). Tales of Ise: Lyrical Episodes from 10th Century Japan. Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-0653-0.