was a Japanese waka poet of the mid-Heian period. One of his poems was included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. He produced a private collection.
Biography He was the eldest son of Fujiwara no Kintō and, on his mother's side, a grandson of Emperor Murakami.
He served director for military affairs before becoming middle councilor. He was well known as both a poet and a calligrapher.
Poetry Forty-five of his poems were included in imperial anthologies, and he was listed as one of the .
The following poem by him was included as No. 64 in Fujiwara no Teika's Ogura Hyakunin Isshu: Japanese textRomanized JapaneseEnglish translation朝ぼらけ 宇治の川霧 たえだえに あらはれわたる 瀬々の網代木Asaborake uji no kawa-giri tae-dae ni araware-wataru se-ze no ajiro-giAs the fog rises and thins in patches, in the shallows appear stakes of the fishing nets— Winter, dawn, the Uji river.
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External links
List of Fujiwara no Sadayori's poems in the International Research Center for Japanese Studies's online waka database. Fujiwara no Sadayori on Kotobank.