Fujiwara no Tameie (藤原 為家, 1198-1275) was a Japanese poet and compiler of Imperial anthologies of poems.[1]

Fujiwara no Tameie
Native name
藤原 為家
Born1198 (1198)
Died1275 (aged 76–77)
Notable workAnthology of Poetry
SpouseAbutsu-ni
ChildrenNijō Tameuji, Kyōgoku Tamenori and Reizei Tamesuke

Tameie was the second son of poet Teika and married Abutsu-ni. He was the central figure in a circle of Japanese poets after the Jōkyū War in 1221. His three sons were Nijō Tameuji, Kyōgoku Tamenori and Reizei Tamesuke. They each established rival families of poets—the Nijō, the Kyōgoku and the Reizei.[2]

Starting in 1250, Tameie was among those who held the ritsuryō office of chief administrator of the Ministry of Taxation (民部卿, Minbu-kyō).[3] In 1256, he abandoned public life to become a Buddhist monk, taking the name Minbukyō-nyūdō.[2]

Biography edit

The poet Fujiwara no Tameie was born in 1198.[4] He was a member of the Nagaie lineage[5] of the Northern Branch[5] of the Fujiwara clan,[5] the second son of Acting Middle Counsellor Fujiwara no Teika.[5] His mother was a daughter of Great Minister of the Centre Fujiwara no Sanemune [ja].[5]

Peerage was conferred on the young Tameie at the age of five, by Japanese reckoning,[6] in Kennin 2 (1202).[5] The same year, he accompanied his father on a visit to Emperor Go-Toba and the crown prince (the later Emperor Juntoku).[5]

He died on the first day of the fifth month of Kenji 1, or 27 May 1275 in the Julian calendar.[5] He was 78 years old by Japanese reckoning.[5]

Names edit

Tameie's infanthood name [ja] was Mimyō (三名).[5] His art name was Naka-no-in (中院),[5] and upon entering religious orders he took the dharma name Yūgaku (融覚).[5]

Selected work edit

Tameie's published writings encompass 23 works in 28 publications in 1 language and 124 library holdings.[7]

  • 2002 — Anthology of Poetry (藤原為家全歌集, Fujiwara Tameie zenkashū, OCLC 050635854)


References edit

Citations edit

  1. ^ Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric et al. (2005). "Fujiwara no Tameie" in Japan Encyclopedia, pp. 209-210., p. 209, at Google Books
  2. ^ a b Nussbaum, p. 210., p. 210, at Google Books
  3. ^ Nussbaum, "Mimbushō," p. 632., p. 632, at Google Books
  4. ^ Kagō 1983, p. 292.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Kagō 1983, p. 291.
  6. ^ Kagō 1983, p. 291; Yamazaki 1995, p. 17.
  7. ^ WorldCat Identities Archived December 30, 2010, at the Wayback Machine: 藤原為家 1198-1275

Works cited edit

  • Kagō, Takafumi (1983). "Fujiwara no Tameie" 藤原為家. Nihon Koten Bungaku Daijiten 日本古典文学大辞典 (in Japanese). Vol. 5. Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten. pp. 291–292. OCLC 11917421.
  • Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan Encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 48943301
  • Yamazaki, Keiko (31 March 1995). "Mikohidari-ke no Higan to Jōju: Yorizane Uta Isshu o Megutte" [御子左家の悲願と成就 : 頼実歌一首をめぐって]. Kokubungaku-kō (in Japanese). 8 (1). Hiroshima University: 1–24. Retrieved 2019-09-19.[dead link]

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