Tokudaiji Sanesada

Tokudaiji Sanesada
徳大寺実定
Tokudaiji Sanesada
Born1139 (1139)
Died1192 (aged 52–53)
Occupationsnobleman, politician

Tokudaiji Sanesada (徳大寺 実定; 1139–1192) was a Japanese waka poet and nobleman during the Heian period.[1][2]

He is also known as the Later Tokudaiji Minister of the Left (後徳大寺左大臣, Go-Tokudaiji no Sadaijin), having served as Sadaijin in the Heian imperial administration.[2]

Poetry

One of his poems is included in Hyakunin Isshu:

ほととぎす鳴きつる方をながむれば
     ただ有明の月ぞ残れる

hototogisu nakitsuru kata o nagamureba
tada ariake no tsuki zo nokoreru

(Senzai Wakashū 3:161)

References

  1. ^ "CONTENTdm". digital.library.illinoisstate.edu. Retrieved 2025-09-19.
  2. ^ a b Doug (2012-05-17). "Summer is Back: Poem Number 81". The Hyakunin Isshu. Retrieved 2025-09-19.