Fujiwara no Sadaie (藤原定家), better-known as Fujiwara no Teika[1] (1162 – September 26, 1241[2]), was a Japanese anthologist, calligrapher, literary critic,[3] novelist,[4] poet, and scribe[5] of the late Heian and early Kamakura periods. His influence was enormous, and he is counted as among the greatest[6] of Japanese poets, and perhaps the greatest master of the waka form – an ancient poetic form