Sakanoue no Mochiki


Sakanoue no Mochiki was a Heian period waka poet and Japanese nobleman. He was the son of Sakanoue no Korenori, one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals.
As one of the Five Men of the Pear Chamber, he contributed to the compilation of the Gosen Wakashū. He also compiled kundoku readings for texts from the Man'yōshū.