Ariwara no Narihira

Ariwara no Narihira (jap. 在原 業平; * 825; † 9. Juli 880) war ein japanischer Waka-Dichter und Aristokrat. Er war einer der sechs Waka-Dichter, die in dem in Kana verfassten Vorwort des Kokinshu von Ki no Tsurayuki Erwähnung fanden. Er wird als Held des Ise Monogatari (Geschichte von Ise) angesehen, der in der Geschichte selbst zwar anonym bleibt, dessen Liebesaffairen aber auf Narihira passen würden. Er ist einer der Sechsunddreißig Unsterblichen der Dichtkunst. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariwara_no_Narihira

Ariwara no Narihira (在原 業平, 825 – 9 July 880) was a Japanese courtier and waka poet of the early Heian period. He was named one of both the Six Poetic Geniuses and the Thirty-Six Poetic Geniuses, and one of his poems was included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu collection. He is also known as Zai Go-Chūjō, Zai Go, Zai Chūjō or Mukashi-Otoko. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariwara_no_Narihira

Arihara [sic] no Narihira was of such surpassing beauty that his name passed into a proverb which is current today in Japan. This beauty attracted the attention of the Empress, with whom he had a love affair, for which at length he was sent into banishment. The "Ise-Monogatari" has been ascribed to him. His date is the ninth century. Outamaro made a picture of Narihira, journeying after the manner of a grand seigneur, eastward, toward Fuji. Hokusai has likewise made a portrait of this poet. It is one of the set called "Kakemonos of Six Poets."

(Moons of Nippon, Chicago 1919)