Nōin

Nōin 能因 (988-1051?). Japanese poet and monk of the late Heian period. Lay name: Tachibana no Nagayasu 橘永愷. Along with Izumi Shikibu, Nōin is one of "Thirty-six Medieval Poetry Immortals" (中古三十六歌仙) of waka poetry selected by Fujiwara no Norikane 藤原範兼 (1107–1165).

Nōin authored of the Gengenshu 玄々集　and Nōin's Utamakura 能因歌枕. One of his poems is anthologized in the Hyakunin isshu (Poem 69):

Bibliography

• Peter McMillan (2008) One hundred poets, one poem each : a translation of the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. New York : Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231143981

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