Glossary: Ki no Tsurayuki

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Ki no Tsurayuki (紀貫之)
872 - 945

A Japanese author, waka poet, and courtier who was one of four poets selected by the Emperor Daigo to compile the Kokin Wakashuu, an anthology of poetry. His other major literary work was the Tosa nikki, or Tosa Diary, written about his trip from Kyoto to Tosa Province in 935.