Japanese poet
Fun'ya no Asayasu, also Bunya no Asayasu, (文屋朝康, end of the 9th century — beginning of 10th century) was a Japanese poet of Heian period.[1]
He was the son of Fun'ya no Yasuhide.[2]
His poem in the Hyakunin Isshu is No. 37:
Shira tsuyu ni
Kaze no fukishiku
Aki no no wa
Tsuranuki-tomenu
Tama zo chiri keru.
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This lovely morn the dewdrops flash
Like diamonds on the grass—
A blaze of sparkling jewels! But
The autumn wind, alas!
Scatters them as I pass.
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—Translated by William N. Porter, 1909
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He is said to have composed this verse at the request of the Emperor Daigo in the year 900.[1]
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