Miyako no Yoshika

Miyako no Yoshika
A nineteenth century portrait of Miyako no Yoshika from Zenken Kojitsu by Kikuchi Yōsai.
Native name	都良香
Born	834
Died	879
Occupation	lesser private secretary (from 870), professor of literature (from 875)
Language	Japanese, Chinese
Period	Heian
Genre	kanshi, waka
Notable works	Toshi Bunshū, Nihon Montoku Tennō Jitsuroku
Children	Miyako no Arinaka

Miyako no Yoshika (都良香; 834–879^[1][2]) was a Japanese poet, scholar and court official active in the Heian period. He was responsible for the civil service examination of Sugawara no Michizane and later acted as one of the compilers of the Nihon Montoku Tennō Jitsuroku. Many documents prepared by him, as well as a number of his poems, were collected in a volume known as Toshi Bunshū (都氏文集), which only survives in fragments. He became the subject of a number of legends describing his encounters with supernatural beings, such as the oni of Rashōmon and the goddess Benzaiten, as well as with pursuit of immortality.