Fujiwara no Teika

Japanese poet and court noble

Fujiwara no Sadaie or Teika (藤原 定家; Japanese pronunciation: [ɸɯ.(d)ʑi.wa.ɾa no (|) sa.daꜜ.i.e, -teꜜi.ka, -teꜜː.ka], 1162 – September 26, 1241) was a Japanese anthologist, calligrapher, literary critic, novelist, poet, and scribe of the late Heian and early Kamakura periods. His influence was enormous, and he is counted as among the greatest of Japanese poets, and perhaps the greatest master of the waka form – an ancient poetic form consisting of five lines with a total of 31 syllables. Teika's critical ideas on composing poetry were extremely influential and studied until as late as the Meiji era.

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