Saionji Kintsune

Saionji Kintsune (西園寺公経, 1171 – 1244) was a waka poet and Japanese nobleman active in the early Kamakura period. He is designated as a member of the New Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry (新三十六歌仙, Shin Sanjūrokkasen).

In this Japanese name, the family name is Fujiwara.
Saionji Kintsune in the Ogura Hyakunin isshu.

He was also a major contributor to the Shinchokusen Wakashū anthology.

Poetry

In the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu, he is called the Lay Buddhist Novice and former Chancellor of the Realm (入道前太政大臣, Nyudō Saki no Daijō-daijin). The ninety-sixth poem reads:

花さそふ嵐の庭の雪ならで
     ふりゆくものは我が身なりけり
hana sasou arashi no niwa no yuki narade
furiyuku mono wa waga mi narikeri
(Shinchokusen Wakashū 13:1054)

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