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Births of Arabic world poets [ edit ] Deaths of Arabic world poets [ edit ] Germanic and Celtic Europe [ edit ] 9th century:
c. 800
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Byzantine Empire and Slavic Europe [ edit ] 150 The Han-shan poet and Feng-Kan , both part of the Tientai Trio, flourish in China. Samdaemok (三代目/삼대목, 888), the earliest collection of hyangga Samguk Yusa Ariwara no Narihira 在原業平 (825 –880 ), waka poet and nobleman; called one of the Six best Waka poets and one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals Fujiwara no Kanesuke 藤原兼輔, also 中納言兼輔 (877 –933 ), middle Heian waka poet and nobleman; one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals ; has a poem is in the anthology Hyakunin Isshu , others in several imperial poetry anthologies, including Kokin Wakashū and Gosen Wakashū Fujiwara no Sadakata 藤原定方, also known as "Sanjo Udaijin" 三条右大臣 (873 –932 ), father of poet Asatada , cousin and father-in-law of Kanesuke ; has a poem in Hyakunin Isshu Ki no Tomonori 紀友則 (c. 850 – c. 904 ), early Heian period waka Thirty-six Poetry Immortals ; one of the four compilers of the Kokin Wakashū Ki no Tsurayuki 紀貫之 (872 –945 ) Heian period waka poet, government official and courtier; son of Ki no Mochiyuki ; one of four compilers of the Kokin Wakashū Tosa province (930–935) and later possibly governor of Suo province Kisen 喜撰 also known as "Kisen Hōshi" 喜撰法師 (fl. early 9th century), early Heian period Buddhist monk and poetKūkai 空海, also known posthumously as "Kōbō-Daishi" 弘法大師 (774 –835 ), monk , scholar, poet, and artist who founded the Shingon or "True Word" school of Buddhism, followers of that school usually refer to him by the honorific title "Odaishisama" お大師様Lady Ise 伊勢 or Ise no miyasudokoro 伊勢の御息所 (c. 875 – c. 938 ), waka poet and noblewoman in the Imperial court; granddaughter of waka poet Ōnakatomi no Yoshinobu ; born the Fujiwara no Tsugikage of Ise ; lover of the Prince Atsuyoshi; a concubine to Emperor Uda ; her son by him was Prince Yuki-Akari; has many poems in the Kokin Wakashū Minamoto no Kintada 源公忠, also 源公忠朝臣 (889 –948 ), middle Heian period waka Thirty-six Poetry Immortals , along with his son Minamoto no Saneakira ; an official in the imperial treasury; has poems in imperial poetry anthologies, starting with the Goshūi Wakashū Ōnakatomi no Yorimoto 大中臣頼基 (c. 886 –958 ), middle Heian period waka poet Thirty-six Poetry Immortals Ono no Komachi 小野 小町 or おののこまち (c. 825 – c. 900 ), early Heian period waka poet, one of the Rokkasen — the Six best Waka poets ; one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals ; noted as a rare beauty and became a symbol of a beautiful woman in JapanŌshikōchi Mitsune 凡河内躬恒 (898 –922 ), early Heian period administrator and waka Thirty-six Poetry Immortals Sakanoue no Korenori 坂上是則 (fl. 9th century), early Heian waka Thirty-six Poetry Immortals ; has a poem in the Hyakunin Isshu Sarumaru no Taifu (fl. 9th century) 猿丸大夫, also known as "Sarumaru no Dayū", early Heian period waka poet; one of the Thirty Six Poetic Sages ; no detailed histories or legends about him exist, and he may never have existed; some believe he was Prince Yamashiro no Ōe Semimaru 蝉丸, also known as "Semimaro" (fl. 9th century), early Heian period poet and musician; some accounts say he was a son of Uda Tennō , Prince Atsumi , or that he was the fourth son of Daigo Tennō ; some claim he lived during the reign of Ninmyō Tennō The Six best Waka poets in Japan
Sugawara no Michizane 菅原道真, also known as "Kan Shōjō" 菅丞相, (845 –903 ), Heian Period scholar, poet and politician; grandson of Sugawara no Kiyotomo ; also wrote Chinese poetry The Tales of Ise 
