Minamoto no Kintada

Minamoto no Kintada Asomi by Kanō Naonobu, 1648

In this Japanese name, the family name is "Minamoto".

Minamoto no Kintada (889–948, Japanese: 源 公忠, also 源公忠朝臣 Miyamoto no Kintada Ason) was a middle Heian waka poet and nobleman. Along with his son Minamoto no Saneakira he is designated as a member of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals. Under Emperor Daigo and Emperor Suzaku he was an official in the imperial treasury.

Kintada's poems are included in imperial poetry anthologies from the Goshūi Wakashū on. A personal collection known as the Kintadashū also remains. The Great Mirror and Yamato Monogatari preserve anecdotes about him, and he excelled in falconry and Kōdō in addition to poetry.

External links

• E-text of his poems in Japanese

Persondata
Name	Minamoto No Kintada
Alternative names
Short description	Poet and nobleman
Date of birth	889
Place of birth
Date of death	948
Place of death