Fujiwara no Sadayori

Fujiwara no Sadayori (藤原定頼) 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 Late Classical Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry (中古三十六歌仙).

The following poem by him was included as No. 64 in Fujiwara no Teika's Ogura Hyakunin Isshu: