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Also Known As	Shakua • Fujiwara Akihiro • Fujiwara Toshinari
Born	1114 • Japan
Died	December 22, 1204 (aged 90) • Kyōto • Japan
Notable Works	“Korai fūteishō” • “Senzaishū”
Movement / Style	waka
House / Dynasty	Fujiwara family
Notable Family Members	son Fujiwara Sadaie

Fujiwara Sadaie

Japanese poet

Kamo Chōmei

Japanese poet

Masaoka Shiki

Japanese author

Satō Haruo

Japanese author

Kagawa Kageki

Japanese poet

Ōoka Makoto

Japanese poet and literary critic

Kamo Mabuchi

Japanese author

Shōhaku

Japanese poet

Kitano Takeshi

Japanese actor, director, writer, and television personality

Bashō

Japanese poet

Lafcadio Hearn

British-born writer and translator

Abe Kōbō

Japanese author

Kakinomoto Hitomaro

Japanese poet

Ihara Saikaku

Japanese author

Hagiwara Sakutarō

Japanese poet

Kūkai

Japanese Buddhist monk

Ishikawa Takuboku

Japanese poet

Iio Sōgi

Japanese poet

Sei Shōnagon

Japanese writer

Tanizaki Jun’ichirō

Japanese writer

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