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page 1Hyakunin Isshu poets
Murasaki Shikibu
Japanese novelist and poet (c.973–c.1014)
Sei Shōnagon
Japanese author and court lady
Jitō
Empress of Japan (645-703)
Tenji
Emperor of Japan (626-672)
Ono no Komachi
Japanese poet
Go-Toba
Emperor of Japan
Kōkō
Emperor of Japan
Emperor Sutoku
Emperor of Japan
Yōzei
Emperor of Japan
Fujiwara no Teika
poet and court noble (1162–1241)
Sugawara no Michizane
Japanese poet
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Japanese poet
Sanjō
Emperor of Japan
Ki no Tsurayuki
Japanese writer
Juntoku
Emperor of Japan
Saigyō
was a Japanese poet of the late Heian and early Kamakura period.
Minamoto no Sanetomo
3rd shogun of Kamakura shogunate and poet
Izumi Shikibu
Japanese poet
Ōtomo no Yakamochi
Japanese statesman and poet of the Nara period
Jien
was a Japanese poet, historian, and Buddhist monk.
Yamabe no Akahito
Japanese poet
Ariwara no Narihira
Japanese writer, courtier and waka poet
Fujiwara no Tadahira
Japanese statesman, courtier and politician
Abe no Nakamaro
Japanese writer
Akazome Emon
Japanese poet
Fujiwara no Koretada
Japanese noble
Ki no Tomonori
poet
Ise
noblewoman; Japanese poet
Ōshikōchi no Mitsune
Japanese writer
Fujiwara no Michitsuna no Haha
10th-century Japanese poet
Henjo
thumb|Sōjō Henjō by Kanō Tan'yū, 1648
Daini no Sanmi
Japanese poet in the Heian period; daughter of Murasaki Shikibu
Fujiwara no Tadamichi
Japanese noble
Shikishi-naishinnō
Japanese princess and poet, daughter of emperor Go-Shirakawa
Ukon
Japanese poet and writer
Fujiwara no Kintō
poet
Fujiwara no Ietaka
poet
Fujiwara no Toshinari
poet and court noble
Mibu no Tadamine
Japanese writer
Kiyohara no Motosuke
Japanese writer
Fujiwara no Okikaze
Japanese poet
Kujō Yoshitsune
Japanese court noble from the late Heian period to the early Kamakura period
Nijō-in no Sanuki
Japanese poet
Jakuren
200px|thumb|right|Jakuren in the Hyakunin Isshu.
' (also known as Fujiwara no Sadanaga' (藤原定長) before becoming a monk) (1139–1202) was a Japanese Buddhist priest and poet. He was adopted by the noted poet Fujiwara no Shunzei upon the death of Shunzei's younger brother. Shunzei originally intended for Sadanaga to be his heir; however, he subsequently had two male offspring of his own, and Sadanaga was forced to step aside in favor of Fujiwara no Sadaie. As was common practice at the time, he became a monk, and acquired the religious name of Jakuren. Taking Saigyo as his model, he traveled aroun
Takashina no Takako
Japanese waka poet
Kiyohara no Fukayabu
poet
Sagami
Japanese waka poet
Taira no Kanemori
Middle Heian period waka poet
Fujiwara no Asatada
Japanese poet
Sosei
thumb|Sosei Hōshi by Kanō Tan'yū, 1648
Sone no Yoshitada
Japanese poet and writer
Minamoto no Shigeyuki
Poet and nobleman
Fujiwara no Akisuke
Japanese poet
Suō no Naishi
Japanese poet
Fujiwara no Sanekata
Japanese waka poet
Minamoto no Muneyuki
Poet and nobleman
Fun'ya no Yasuhide
poet
Sakanoue no Korenori
Japanese poet
Minamoto no Tōru
Japanese poet and statesman
Ise no Taifu
Japanese poet