Background
His mother was a daughter of Fujiwara no Tokihira.
藤原 頼忠
His mother was a daughter of Fujiwara no Tokihira.
Although Yoritada"s two daughters were consorts of Emperor En"yū and Emperor Kazan, they did not have any sons. Yoritada thus had only a tenable blood relationship with the Emperors. Yoritada was Daijō Daijin from 978, and he is referred to as Rengi-kō (廉義公) (posthumous name of Daijō Daijin).
Kintō"s collection would be imitated by a successor, Fujiwara no Mototoshi"s Shinsen Rōeishū (新撰朗詠集).
Kintō also wrote an influential critical guide to incorporating Bai Juyi"s poetic techniques (and more generally, T"ang dynasty poetry) into Japanese poetry called Shinsen Zuinō (新撰髄脳) ("The Essence of Poetry Newly Selected").