Sone no Yoshitada

was a Japanese waka poet of the mid-Heian period. His exact dates of birth and death are unknown but he flourished in the second half of the tenth century.

Because he was a of Tango Province he is occasionally known by the nicknames and .

由良のとを 渡る舟人 かぢをたえ 行くへも知らぬ 恋の道かな Yura no to wo wataru funa-bito kaji-wo tae yukue mo shiranu koi no michi kana Crossing the Straits of Yura the boatman lost the rudder. The boat's adrift not knowing where it goes. Is the course of love like this?