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.

Under his title , he is the author of poem 14 in the Hyakunin Isshu poetry anthology:

Here is another translation: The dye with hare’s-foot-fern, of Michinoku—who else would have made me feel as disturbed?

The poet is also famous for making a replica of the uta-makura Shiogama, a poetic place name, in his garden.

His tomb resides at the Seiryō-ji, a Buddhist temple situated on what was once Saga Moor in Kyoto.

Two of his poems are included in the Gosen Wakashū.