An early Heian poet and calligrapher of the Fujiwara clan, one of the Thirty-Six Immortals. Nineteen of his poems appear in the Kokinshū, among them the celebrated verse on sensing the first day of autumn in the sound of the wind before it can be seen. As a calligrapher he was ranked with Ono no Tōfū, and the inscription on the bell of Jingo-ji temple is attributed to his brush. He was related by marriage to Ariwara no Narihira. His Hyakunin Isshu poem was composed for a poetry contest.
住の江の 岸に寄る波 よるさへや
夢の通ひ路 人目よくらむ
Like the waves that draw near the shore of Suminoe, why will you not come to me even in my dreams at night, shunning the eyes of others?
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