Fujiwara no Akihira

Fujiwara no Akihira (藤原 明衡; 989? – November 14, 1066) was a Japanese nobleman and kanshi poet of the Heian period.

Life
Fujiwara no Akihira was the second child of Fujiwara no Atsunobu. His mother was a daughter of 良峰英材, or possibly a daughter of. He was probably born around 989.

He studied under his father from a young age, and in Kankō 1 (1004 in the Gregorian calendar) enrolled in the.

Among his children were and Fujiwara no Atsumitsu.

According to the Chokusen Sakusha Burui (勅撰作者部類), he died on the 18th day of the tenth month in Jiryaku 2 (November 14, 1066). In his article on Akihira for the Nihon Koten Bungaku Daijiten, suggests that he may have been 78 (by Japanese reckoning) at the time of his death.