Fujiwara no Akitsuna (è¤å é¡Â綱; dates uncertain, ? â ) was a Japanese nobleman and waka poet of the Heian period.
Fujiwara no Akitsuna was a son of , a member of the Michitsuna lineage (éÂÂ綱æµÂ) of the Northern Branch of the Fujiwara clan. His mother was Ben no Menoto, a daughter of Fujiwara no Masatoki (è¤åÂÂé ÂæÂÂ), the governor of Kaga Province. The year of his birth is uncertain.
He was the adoptive father of Arisuke (æÂÂä½Â), a son of Emperor Go-Sanjà Â. His other children included Michitsune (éÂÂçµÂ), the governor of Izumi Province, Kenshi (<small></small>), the wet nurse of Emperor Horikawa, and Nagako, the author of the '. He was also related by marriage to and Fujiwara no Akisue.
During the Kanji era (1087âÂÂ1094) he became the governor of Sanuki Province, earning him the nickname Sanuki no Nyà «dà  (è®Âå²Âå ¥éÂÂ). He served in positions such as governor of Tanba Province and governor of Izumi Province, and by the end of his career was of Senior Fourth Rank, Lower Grade.
He probably took the tonsure in KÃ Âwa 2 (1100).
It is uncertain when he died. Sonpi Bunmyaku says he died on the 27th day of the sixth month of Kà Âwa 5 (1103), at age 75 (by Japanese reckoning), but his poetry appears in the record of the Sakon no Gon-Chà «jà  Toshitada Ason-ke Uta-awase (å·¦è¿Â権ä¸Âå°Âä¿Âå¿ æÂÂè£家æÂÂÃ¥ÂÂ), which took place the following year. places his death in the summer of Kajà  2 (1107).
The first uta-awase contest in which he took part was the Jà Âryaku Ninen Dairi Uta-awase (æ¿æ¦äºÂå¹´å è£ÂæÂÂÃ¥ÂÂ) in Jà Âryaku 2 (1078). He took part in the poetic gatherings:
He also held poetic gatherings at his own residence.
According to the ', he was engaged in copying the Man'yà Âshà «, and that he came into possession of the Yà Âmei-in text (é½æÂÂé¢æ¬ Yà Âmei'in-bon) of the Kokinshà «, penned by the compiler Ki no Tsurayuki.
Twenty-five of his poems were included in imperial anthologies, including the Goshà «ishà «. He left a personal collection, the Akitsuna Ason Shà «. Among his most famous works is the following poem, which was submitted to the Sakon no Gon-Chà «jà  Toshitada Ason-ke Uta-awase and included in the first book of love poems in the Shikashà «: