was an early Heian waka poet of the court (active 898âÂÂ920), and a member of the sanjà «rokkasen or Thirty-six Poetry Immortals. His son Mibu no Tadami was also a distinguished poet.
He emerged as an important poet in an early uta-awase or poetry match, , and was involved in many of the poetic activities of the day, including a position as a compiler of the Kokin Wakashà «. A collection of his personal poems appeared as the Tadamine shà «, though more than half of it is not certainly canon. He is also famous for the , an influential work of Heian criticism.