Is best remembered as a waka poet, being one of the 36 Kasen (masters) of waka poetry and one of the five yiahitsubo of his time.
Background
Shitagau was born in 911, in Japan.
Works
Other Work
He punctuated the Manyoshu Anthology and is supposed to have been the compiler of Taketori Mo-nog atari (the earliest novel in Japan) and Wamyo Rutjusho (an encyclopedia).