Sarumaru Dayū

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Sarumaru no Taifu, also known as Sarumaru no Dayū (猿丸大夫) was a waka poet in the early Heian period.^{[citation needed]} He is a member of the Thirty Six Poetic Sages (三十六歌仙, Sanjūrokkasen), but there are no detailed histories or legends about him. There is a possibility that there never was such a person. Some believe him to have been Prince Yamashiro no Ōe.

The following waka is attributed to him, a classic autumn poem (秋歌, aki no uta):

This poem is the 215th poem of the Kokin Wakashū, and was also incorporated into Fujiwara no Teika's famous Ogura Hyakunin Isshu, as number 5.

• McMillan, Peter (2008). One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each: A Translation of the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. Foreword by Donald Keene. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-14398-1.

• Papinot, Edmond (1910). Historical and geographical dictionary of Japan. Tokyo: Librarie Sansaisha.

• Works by or about Sarumaru no Dayū at Wikisource

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