Minamoto no Tōru was a Japanese poet and statesman. He was born the son of Emperor Saga and a member of the Saga Genji clan. He is sometimes mentioned as the model for Hikaru Genji in important Japanese literary classic The Tale of Genji.
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About this person
Country
JapanCategory
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 822 to 895 · aged 73
Written about in
11 languages
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