This article covers 870s in poetry. Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events 870: Approximate date of completion of the Muspilli Approximate date of the Kakawin Rāmâyaṇa Births Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article. There are conflicting or unreliable sources for the birth years of many people born in this period; where sources conflict, the poet is listed again and the conflict is noted:
872: Ki no Tsurayuki (died 945), Japanese waka poet
873: Fujiwara no Sadakata (died 932), Japanese poet
875: Lady Ise (died 938), a prominent woman waka poet
877: Fujiwara no Kanesuke (died 933), one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals of Japan
Deaths Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
870: Wen Tingyun (born 812), Chinese lyricist of the late Tang dynasty who helped establish the Ci in chinese poetry
877: Johannes Scotus Eriugena (born 815), among the last Hiberno-Latin poets
878: King Amoghavarsha I, of the Rashtrakuta dynasty, (born 800), king and Kannada poet
See also
Poetry 9th century in poetry 9th century in literature List of years in poetry
Other events: Other events of the 12th century Other events of the 13th century
9th century: 9th century in poetry 9th century in literature
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