Ki Tsurayuki
(died c. 945)

Japanese writer Ki Tsurayuki supervised the compilation of over 1,100 poems in order to put together an imperial anthology of poetry. This anthology from the Heian Age is known as the Kokinshu. He also profoundly impacted future writers, as the preface to this work was built upon his scholarship in Chinese and Japanese poetry and provided a model for poetic criticism.

Tsurayuki's Tosa Diary is the oldest existing piece of Japanese prose fiction, making him a foremost diarist, in addition to a famous poet and literary academic. Perhaps his greatest contribution is the influence his work had on others. This work helped to begin a new Japanese tradition of diary writing, which would later include Sei Shonagon's renowned The Pillow Book.

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