Saionji Kintsune

Saionji Kintsune (西園寺公経) was a waka poet and Japanese nobleman active in the early Kamakura period. He is designated as a member of the New Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry (新三十六歌仙).

He was also a major contributor to the Shinchokusen Wakashū anthology.

In 1222AD he was appointed as the Chancellor of the Realm and later entered in religion in 1231AD.

Poetry
In the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu, he is called the Lay Buddhist Novice and former Chancellor of the Realm. The ninety-sixth poem reads: