Fujiwara no Nagaie (; 26 September 1005 – 19 December 1064) was a Japanese nobleman and ''

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'' poet of the

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Life

Fujiwara no Nagaie was born on the 20th day of the eighth month of Kankō 2 (26 September 1005 in the

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), to

Fujiwara no Michinaga was a Japanese statesman. The Fujiwara clan's control over Japan and its politics reached its zenith under his leadership. Early life Michinaga was born in Kyōto, the son of Kaneiye. Kaneiye had become Regent in 986, holding the position unti ...

and His adoptive mother was Michinaga's principal wife (正室) . He was the sixth and youngest of Michinaga's sons. He was fawned over by his father, adoptive mother, eldest sister Shōshi and eldest brother Yorimichi. Nagaie lived for a long period in the Mikohidari manor on Sanjō Avenue, from which he acquired the nicknames ''Sanjō'' (三条) and ''Mikohidari'' (御子左). At the height of his career, immediately before his death, he held the position of Provisional Senior Counselor and the

Senior Second Rank The court ranks of Japan, also known in Japanese as ''ikai'' (位階), are indications of an individual's court rank in Japan based on the system of the state. ''Ikai'' as a system was originally used in the Ritsuryo system, which was the polit ...

. On the 25th day of the tenth month of Kōhei 7 (5 December 1064) he took the tonsure as a result of illness. He died shortly thereafter, on the ninth day of the eleventh month of Kōhei 7 (19 December 1064). He was sixty years old, by Japanese reckoning.

Descendants

Nagaie was the founder of the famous Mikohadari lineage of ''

'' poets, which included his son Tadaie, grandson Toshitada, great-grandson

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and great-great-grandson

Fujiwara no Teika , better-known as Fujiwara no Teika"Sadaie" and "Teika" are both possible readings of ; "...there is the further problem, the rendition of the name in romanized form. Teika probably referred to himself as Sadaie, and his father probably called ...

Poetry

Nagaie was a patron of the poetic arts, which were seen as a key element in the education of the ruling class. He hosted poetic gatherings, including ''

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'' contests and meetings for the composition of both ''waka'' and '' kanshi'', at his residence. He participated in a number of ''uta-awase'' at the palace, notably acting as the poetic arbiter (歌撰者) of the right team (右方) at the '' Kōgōgū Shunjū Uta-awase'' (皇后宮春秋歌合) in Tengi 4 (1056). 43 of his ''waka'' were included in

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from the ''

Goshūi Wakashū :''"The language of poetry should be like brocade and the feeling deeper than the ocean."'' -from Michitoshi's Preface The , sometimes abbreviated as ''Goshūishū'', is an imperial anthology of Japanese waka compiled in 1086 at the behest of ...

'' on. He supposedly produced a '' kashū'' (personal collection), but this does not survive.

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