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Asukai Masatsune
Japanese poet (1170–1221) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Asukai Masatsune (飛鳥井雅経, 1170–1221) was a Japanese waka poet of the early Kamakura period.[1][2] He was also an accomplished kemari player.[1][2][3] and one of his poems was included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu.[3][4]
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He was a son of Nanba Yoritsune (難波頼経, Japanese Wikipedia),[1] and the ancestor of the Asukai family, who were known for their skill at both poetic composition and kemari.[1][4] Being of Fujiwara stock,[1] he was also known as Fujiwara no Masatsune (藤原雅経).[2][3][4] Among his grandchildren was the poet Masaari.[5][6] He made a private collection, the Asukai-shū, which was posthumously edited by his grandson in 1292. Twenty-two of his poems were included in the Shin Kokin Wakashū, and a total of 134 in the imperial anthologies.