Fujiwara+Teika

Ella G

Fujiwara Teika is a Japanese poet and literary theorist during the early medieval period. Teika lived from 1162-1241. Teika was the son of a poet named Shunzei. Out of all the Japanese poets, Teika is one of the greatest. Teika had several backtracks occasioned because of the changing political issues of his partons, but Teika stayed strong, and continued to perfect his art, producing a lot of poetry, and a lot of poetic treatises.

Composed as a Love poem. tigirisi naka mo kaFarikeru kono yo ni Fito wo tanomikeru kana || || So strong were Our pledges, yet between us All has changed; In this world, in her Did I put my trust... || mamoraba kimi o mamoruran yowai wa yuzure sumiyoshi no matsu || || If my path They ward, my Lord They will protect, I’m sure; And give age as theirs’, The pines of Sumiyoshi. ||
 * sika bakari
 * wa ga michi o

sode no wakare ni tsuyu ochite mi ni shimu iro no aki kaze zo fuku || || White mulberry cloth, My sleeves, on parting Are splashed with dew, Staining my breast, this hue Is carried on the gusting autumn wind. || Fujiwara no Sada’ie
 * shirotae no