890s in poetry

893: • Mibu no Tadamine wins the ''Koresada no miko no ie no uta'awase'' (是貞の親王家歌合, "The Poetry Match at Prince Koresada's Residence") ==Births==

Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article. There are conflicting or unreliable sources for the birth years of many people born in this period; where sources conflict, the poet is listed again and the conflict is noted: 897: • Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani (died 967), Iranian scholar of Arab-Quraysh origin who is noted for collecting and preserving ancient Arabic lyrics and poems in his major work, the Kitāb al-Aghānī 898: • Ōshikōchi Mitsune (died 922), one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals of Heian Japan ==Deaths==

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: 890: • Feb. 12: Henjo (born 816), one of the Six best Waka poets and Thirty-six Poetry Immortals 893: • Ariwara no Yukihira (born 818), Japanese Heian period courtier, poet and bureaucrat 896: • Flann mac Lonáin (born unknown), Irish Gaelic poet 897: • al-Buhturi (born 820), Arabian poet 899: • Oct. 26: Alfred the Great (born 849), King and poet, wrote Lays of Boethius ==See also==