Fujiwara no Takatsune

Fujiwara no Takatsune was a mid-Heian court noble and poet of the Uona branch of the Northern Fujiwara, the son of the Uchūben Fujiwara no Yoritō. He served crown prince Takahito, later Emperor Go-Sanjō, as Tōgū no daishin, and afterward held a string of provincial governorships.

In 1072 he rose to senior fourth rank, lower grade. He contributed three poems to the Goshūi Wakashū and seven in all to the imperial anthologies. His son was the poet Fujiwara no Akisue.