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Fujiwara No Akiuji
Fujiwara no Akiuji (藤原 顕氏 1207 – 8 November 1274) was a Japanese nobleman and ''waka'' poet of the Kamakura period. Life Fujiwara no Akiuji was born in 1207. A member of the Northern Branch (''Hokke'') of the Fujiwara clan, he was the second son of and the younger brother of Fujiwara no Tomoie. He reached the Junior Second Rank at court, and founded the Kamiyagawa lineage (紙屋河家 ''Kamiyagawa-ke'') within the Rokujō branch of the Fujiwara clan. He is occasionally mentioned in the ''Azuma Kagami'' as a court envoy to Kantō (関東祗候). He died on the eighth day of the eleventh month of Bun'ei 11 in 1274. Poetry Akiuji was a central figure in the Kamakura ''waka'' poetic circle, and in Kyoto helped establish the anti- faction, along with his brother Tomoie and Fujiwara no Mitsutoshi. His poetry was a regular fixture in the ''uta-awase'' contests and other poetic gatherings organized by the members of this faction, but it was not highly appreciated. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waka (poetry)
is a type of poetry in classical Japanese literature. Although ''waka'' in modern Japanese is written as , in the past it was also written as (see Wa, an old name for Japan), and a variant name is . Etymology The word ''waka'' has two different but related meanings: the original meaning was "poetry in Japanese" and encompassed several genres such as ''chōka'' and ''sedōka'' (discussed below); the later, more common definition refers to poetry in a 5-7-5-7-7 metre. Up to and during the compilation of the ''Man'yōshū'' in the eighth century, the word ''waka'' was a general term for poetry composed in Japanese, and included several genres such as , , and . However, by the time of the '' Kokinshūs compilation at the beginning of the tenth century, all of these forms except for the ''tanka'' and ''chōka'' had effectively gone extinct, and ''chōka'' had significantly diminished in prominence. As a result, the word ''waka'' became effectively synonymous with ''tanka'', and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
