Nijō Tameuji (二条為氏, 1222–1286), also known as Fujiwara no Tameuji (藤原為氏), was a Japanese courtier and waka poet of the mid- Kamakura period. His Dharma name was Kakua (覚阿).
Biography
Ancestry, birth and early life
Nijō Tameuji was born in 1222. [1] His father was Fujiwara no Tameie, [2] and his mother was a daughter of Utsunomiya Yoritsuna. [1] He was Tameie's eldest son, [3] and a grandson of Fujiwara no Teika. [4] He was not known as Nijō in his early life; he received this moniker from his son Tameyo. [5]
Political career
At the height of his political career, he had attained the Senior Second Rank, [1] and held the position of Provisional Major Counselor (gon- dainagon). [2]
Later life and death
He entered Buddhist orders in 1285, [6] acquiring the Dharma name Kakua. [6] He died on 3 October 1286, or the fourteenth day of the ninth month of Kōan 9. [6]
Descendants
He was the father of Nijō Tameyo, [1] Nijō Tamezane [3] and Nijō Jōi. [3]
Poetry
Tameuji learned waka composition from his father Tameie and his grandfather Teika, who between them had compiled three of the imperial anthologies. [5] He was the founder of the conservative Nijō poetic school. [4]
In 1247, he took part in the Hyakusanjū-ban Uta-awase (百三十番歌合), [6] and the following year in the Hōji Hyakushu (宝治百首). [6]
In 1278, [3] on the command of Retired Emperor Kameyama, [1] he compiled the Shokushūi Wakashū. [2] He may have also compiled the Shin Wakashū, [7] although other theories as to its compiler's identity have been proposed. [8]
As the heir to the prestigious Mikohidari house, he was a central figure of the waka society of his day. [6] His disagreements with his brother Tamenori and stepmother Abutsu-ni, however, gave rise to the split between the Nijō, Kyōgoku and Reizei poetic schools, [6] the latter two of which were founded by his brothers Tamenori and Tamesuke, respectively. [3] He had a bitter dispute with his stepmother over valuable manuscripts related to the waka traditions, as well as the inheritance of his father's landholdings. [9]
Among his most famous poems is the following, [6] which was included in the Shokugosen Wakashū, compiled by his father Tameie. [6]
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He left a private collection, the Dainagon Tameuji-kyō Shū (大納言為氏卿集), [2] which collects the poems of both Tameuji himself and his son Tameyo. [1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Katō 1994; Gotō 1994.
- ^ a b c d Katō 1994; Gotō 1994; Mypaedia 1996.
- ^ a b c d e Gotō 1994.
- ^ a b Gotō 1994; Mypaedia 1996.
- ^ a b Mypaedia 1996.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Katō 1994.
- ^ Gotō 1994; Nakagawa 1986, p. 84, note 7.
- ^ Nakagawa 1986, p. 84, note 7.
- ^ Gotō 1994; Keene 1999, p. 709.
- ^ Carter 2005, p. 187.
- ^ Carter 2005, pp. 186–187.
Works cited
- Carter, Stephen D. (2005). Just Living: Poems and Prose of the Japanese Monk Tonna. New York, NY: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-50077-7. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
- Gotō, Shigeo (1994). "Fujiwara no Tameuji" 藤原為氏. Encyclopedia Nipponica (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
- Katō, Mutsumi (1994). "Nijō Tameuji" 二条為氏. Asahi Nihon Rekishi Jinbutsu Jiten (in Japanese). Asahi Shinbun-sha. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
- Keene, Donald (1999) [1993]. A History of Japanese Literature, Vol. 1: Seeds in the Heart – Japanese Literature from Earliest Times to the Late Sixteenth Century (paperback ed.). New York, NY: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-11441-7.
- "Nijō Tameuji" 二条為氏. Mypaedia (in Japanese). Hitachi. 1996. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
- Nakagawa, Hiroo (1986). "Shin Wakashū seiritsu jiki shōkō" (PDF). Mita Kokubun (in Japanese) (6). Keiō University Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitsu: 80–86. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
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