Tokudaiji Sanesada

Tokudaiji Sanesada
徳大寺実定
Tokudaiji Sanesada
Born1139
Died1192
NationalityJapanese
Occupation(s)nobleman, politician

Tokudaiji Sanesada (徳大寺 実定; 1139–1192) was a Japanese waka poet and nobleman during the Heian period.

He is also known as the Later Tokudaiji Minister of the Left (後徳大寺左大臣, Go-Tokudaiji no Sadaijin), having served as Sadaijin in the Heian imperial administration.

Poetry

One of his poems is included in Hyakunin Isshu:

ほととぎす鳴きつる方をながむれば
     ただ有明の月ぞ残れる
hototogisu nakitsuru kata o nagamureba
tada ariake no tsuki zo nokoreru
(Senzai Wakashū 3:161)

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