Fujiwara no Atsutaka (藤原 敦隆; 1060s–1120) was a Japanese nobleman and waka poet of the Heian period. His real name may have been Tachibana no Atsutaka.

Life

Fujiwara no Atsutaka was a son of the governor of Hizen Province, Fujiwara no Toshikiyo (藤原俊清). ^[1] His year of birth is unknown, ^[2] but the Chūyūki [ ja]'s entry for the 27th day of the seventh month of Hōan 1 (22 August 1120 in the Julian calendar) says that he was in his fifties when he died earlier that same month. ^[1]

The Sonpi Bunmyaku does not mention a "Fujiwara no Atsutaka", but it includes a reference to "Mokunosuke Atsutaka" (木工助敦隆), son of "Tachibana no Toshikiyo" (橘俊清). ^[1] Atsutaka's court position was Mokunosuke (assistant director of the Mokuryō 木工寮), ^[2] and his father's name was the same, so it is believed that these two were the same individual. ^{[1] [a]}

The Chūyūki records that he was assigned to the Mokunosuke post in Eichō 1 (1096). ^[1] He appears to have held this position until his death. ^[1]

According to the Chūyūki, Atsutaka died on the first day of the seventh month of Hōan 1 (27 July 1120). ^[2]

Descendants

His daughter married Minamoto no Toshiyori, ^[1] and from this union was born Shun'e. ^[1]

Poetry

He participated in the Sanka Goban Uta-awase (山家五番歌合) in Tennin 3 (1110). ^[2] Counting both "Tachibana no Atsutaka" and "Fujiwara no Atsutaka", his name appears in the surviving records of four uta-awase contests from this period. ^[1] None of his poems, however, were included in any of the court anthologies. ^[1]

He was also noted for his scholarship, ^[2] and compiled the 20-volume Ruiju Koshū (類聚古集), a thematically arranged collection of Man'yōshū poems. ^[2] Sixteen volumes of the work are extant. ^[1]

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