Fujiwara no Kanesuke
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Fujiwara no Kanesuke (藤原兼輔, 877–933), also known as the Riverbank Middle Counselor (堤中納言, Tsutsumi Chūnagon),[1]: 137 was a middle Heian-period waka poet and Japanese nobleman. He is designated as a member of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals.
In this Japanese name, the surname is Fujiwara.
His great-granddaughter was Murasaki Shikibu, author of the well-known monogatari the Tale of Genji.
His father was Fujiwara no Toshimoto.[2]