Ki no Tsurayuki

Ki no Tsurayuki (紀貫之?, 872-945) [Wikimedia Commons]

Important facts about Ki no Tsurayuki include:

• Uncle of Ki no Tomonori.
• Son of Ki no Mochiyuki.
• Japanese author, poet.
• Courtier of the Heian period in Japanese history.
• One of 4 poets requested to compile the Kokin Wakashūi anthology of poetry.
• Held offices in Kyoto.
• Provincial governor of Tosa province (930-935).
• Presumed provincial governor of Suo province subsequently.
• One of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals selected by Fujiwara no Kinto.
• Editor of the Kokin Wakashū.