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Nijō Tameuji
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. His father was Fujiwara no Tameie, and his mother was a daughter of Utsunomiya Yoritsuna. He was Tameie's eldest son, and a grandson of Fujiwara no Teika. He was not known as ''Nijō'' in his early life; he received this moniker from his son Tameyo. Political career At the height of his political career, he had attained the Senior Second Rank, and held the position of Provisional Major Counselor (''gon-dainagon''). Later life and death He entered Buddhist orders in 1285, acquiring the Dharma name ''Kakua''. He died on 3 October 1286, or the fourteenth day of the ninth month of Kōan 9. Descendants He was the father of Nijō Tameyo, Nijō Tamezane and Nijō Jōi. Poetry Tameuji learned ''waka'' ... [...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] |
