Mibu no Tadamine
Mibu no Tadamine was an early Heian waka poet of the court, and a member of the sanjūrokkasen or Thirty-six Poetry Immortals. His son Mibu no Tadami was also a distinguished poet.
He emerged as an important poet in an early utaawase or poetry match, Koresada no miko no ie no uta'awase, and was involved in many of the poetic activities of the day, including a position as a compiler of the Kokin Wakashū. A collection of his personal poems appeared as the tadamine shū, though more than half of it is not certainly canon. He is also famous for the Tadamine Juttei, an influential work of Heian criticism.
