Diptych

Any object with two flat plates attached at a hinge.

Objects of this type were popular in the ancient world.

Diptych can also be used for a thematically-linked sequence of two books.

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.

Ki no Tomonori (紀友則)

Ki no Tomonori in the Hyakunin Isshu.

Ki no Tomonori (c.850-c.904) was an early Heian waka Japanese poet, and also the nephew of fellow poet Ki no Tsurayuki. These 2 poets were among the 4 court poets requested by the Emperor Daigo to compile the Kokinshu (Collection of Poems Old and New) poetry anthology. Included in the Kokinshu is a eulogy to Ki no Tomonori by Ki no Tsurayuki.

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