Sakanoue no Korenori

was a Japanese waka poet of the early Heian period. His exact dates of birth and death are unknown, but he was a fourth-generation descendant of Sakanoue no Tamuramaro. Forty-one of his poems were ultimately included in the imperial anthologies.

During his own life he was known primarily as a champion kemari player.

朝ぼらけ 有明の月と みるまでに 吉野の里に ふれる白雪 Asaborake ariake no tsuki to miru made ni yoshino no sato ni fureru shira-yuki The first light over Yoshino village— The snow has piled so deep, so white I cannot tell it from the dawn's pale moonlight