Fujiwara no Shunzei

Fujiwara no Toshinari or Shunzei (藤原 俊成; Japanese pronunciation: [ɸɯ.(d)ʑi.wa.ɾa no (|) to.ɕiꜜ.na.ɾʲi, -ɕɯꜜn.dzei, -dzeː], 1114 – 22 December 1204) was a Japanese poet, courtier, and Buddhist monk of the late Heian period. He was also Shakua (釈阿) and when younger (1123–67) as Akihiro (顕広). He was noted for his innovations in the waka poetic form and compiling the Senzai Wakashū ("Collection of a Thousand Years"), the seventh imperial anthology of waka poetry.