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Minamoto no Toshiyori (源俊頼)
MINAMOTO no Toshiyori (1055-January 29, 1129) was a official and poet of the late Heian period.
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He is from the family line of the Uda-Genji (Minamoto clan). He was the son of Dainagon (chief councilor of state) MINAMOTO no Tsunenobu. In 1111, he was ranked as Jushiinoge (Junior Fourth Rank, Lower Grade), Moku no kami (chief of the Bureau of Carpentry).
Career
He was a musician who attended the Emperor Horikawa first, and later played a leading role in Horikawain's poetry circle. He took part in a lot of uta-awase (poetry contests) both as a composer and as a judge, and also planned and promoted "Horikawain Hyakushu" (Horikawa Hundred-Poem Sequences).
In 1124, he compiled "Kinyo wakashu" under the order of Shirakawain.
Minamoto no toshiyori biography of mahatma gandhi
He and FUJIWARA no Mototoshi were the leading figures in the waka circles of the time. He was famous for his innovative poetical style.
Approximately 200 poems of his were selected for "Kinyo wakashu" and other Chokusen wakashu (antho