Fujiwara no Kiyotada

Fujiwara no Kiyotada
Fujiwara no Kiyotada by Kanō Naonobu, 1648
Fujiwara no Kiyotada by Kanō Naonobu, 1648
BornDOB unknown
DiedJuly 958
OccupationPoet
Periodmid-Heian
RelativesFujiwara no Kanesuke (father)
Fujiwara no Masatada (brother)

Fujiwara no Kiyotada (藤原 清正, died July 958) was a Japanese poet, in particular one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals. He was the second son of Fujiwara no Kanesuke, also one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals. Though his mother's name was not recorded, the Gosen Wakashū, an anthology of Japanese poems, mentions the name "Mother of Kiyotada" (清正母). His elder brother was Masatada.

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