The refers to descendants of
Fujiwara no Tameie
was a Japanese poet and compiler of Imperial anthologies of poems.
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 Nij ...
's eldest son, Nijō Tameuji (1222–86). The family name took after Nijō district of
Kyoto
Kyoto (; Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in Japan. Located in the Kansai region on the island of Honshu, Kyoto forms a part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area along with Osaka and Kobe. , the ci ...
where the family had resided. This hereditary house of
Japanese waka poetry is generally known for its conservative slant toward the politics and poetics aimed at preserving the ideals of
Fujiwara no Shunzei
was a Japanese poet, courtier, and Buddhist monk of the late Heian period. He was also known as Fujiwara no Toshinari"...there is the further problem, the rendition of the name in romanized form. Teika probably referred to himself as Sadaie, and ...
and
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 ...
. The members of the family are credited for the compilation of eleven out of thirteen later imperial anthologies, i.e., :
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Shinchokusen Wakashū
, abbreviated as ''Shinchokusenshū'', is an imperial anthology of Japanese waka, initially compiled in ~1234 CE at the behest of the Retired Emperor Go-Horikawa. It was compiled by Fujiwara no Teika (who also wrote its Japanese preface). It consi ...
'' (新勅撰和歌集);
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Shokugosen Wakashū
The ("Later Collection Continued") was an imperial anthology of Japanese waka poetry. It was finished in 1251 CE, three years after the Retired Emperor Go-Saga first ordered it in 1248. It was compiled by Fujiwara no Tameie, son of Fujiwara no T ...
'' (続後撰和歌集);
* ''
Shokukokin Wakashū
The is a Japanese imperial anthology of Waka (poetry), waka, a type of poetry in classical Japanese literature. It was finished in 1265 CE, six years after the Daijō-tennō, Retired Emperor Go-Saga first ordered it in 1259. It was compiled by Fu ...
'' (続古今和歌集);
* ''
Shokushūi Wakashū
The is a Japanese imperial anthology of waka (poetry), waka poetry. It was finished in about 1278 CE, two years after the Daijō-tennō, Retired Emperor Emperor Kameyama, Kameyama first ordered it around 1276. It was compiled by Fujiwara no Tameuj ...
'' (続拾遺和歌集);
* ''
Shingosen Wakashū
The , often abbreviated as ''Shingosenshū'', is an imperial anthology of Japanese waka poetry. The title is in opposition to the previous '' Gosen Wakashū''. It was completed in 1303, two years after the Retired Emperor Go-Uda first ordered. It ...
'' (新後撰和歌集);
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Shokusenzai Wakashū
The is a Japanese imperial anthology of waka (poetry), waka poetry. It was finished somewhere around 1320 CE, two years after the Daijō-tennō, Retired Emperor Go-Uda first ordered it in 1318. It was compiled by Fujiwara no Tameyo (who also comp ...
'' (続千載和歌集);
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Shokugoshūi Wakashū
The , is a Japanese imperial anthology of waka (poetry), waka poetry. It was finished somewhere around 1325 or 1326 CE, two or three years after the Daijō-tennō, Retired Emperor Go-Daigo first ordered it in 1323. It was compiled initially by Fuji ...
'' (続後拾遺和歌集);
* ''
Shinsenzai Wakashū
The , sometimes abbreviated as Shinsenzaishū, a title which recollects the ''Senzai Wakashū'', is an imperial anthology of Japanese waka. The title is in opposition to the prior Senzai Wakashū. It was completed in 1359, three years after being ...
'' (新千載和歌集);
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Shinshūi Wakashū
, occasionally abbreviated as ''Shinshūishū'', a title which recollects the ''Shūi Wakashū'', is the 19th imperial anthology of Japanese waka poetry. It was finished late in 1364 CE, a year after Emperor Go-Kōgon first ordered it in 1363 at ...
'' (新拾遺和歌集);
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Shingoshūi Wakashū
, abbreviated as ''Shingoshūishū'', a title which recollects the ''Goshūi Wakashū'' and the '' Shinshūi Wakashū'', is an imperial anthology of Japanese waka poetry. It was finished somewhere around 1383 CE (and revised in 1384), eight year ...
'' (新後拾遺和歌集), and
* ''
Shinshokukokin Wakashū
The was an imperial anthology of Japanese waka; it was finished somewhere around 1439 CE, six years after the Emperor Go-Hanazono first ordered it in 1433 at the request of the Ashikaga Shōgun Ashikaga Yoshinori. It was compiled by Asukai Mas ...
'' (新続古今和歌集).
(listed in chronological order)
The rivals of Nijō school, the Kyōgoku and
Reizei families are known for their innovative approach to poetic composition. The Kyōgoku family compiled the following two imperial anthologies:
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Gyokuyō Wakashū
was an imperial anthology of Japanese waka poetry. The work was completed somewhere between 1313 and 1314, two or three years after the Retired Emperor Fushimi first ordered it around 1311.
The anthology was compiled by Fujiwara no Tamekane, a ...
'' (玉葉和歌集) and
* ''
Fūga Wakashū
The , also abbreviated as the was an imperial anthology of Japanese waka; it was compiled somewhere between 1344 and 1346 CE, by Emperor Hanazono, who also wrote its Chinese and Japanese Prefaces. It consists of twenty volumes containing 2,210 ...
'' (風雅和歌集).
[Earl Roy Miner, Hiroko Odagiri, and Robert E. Morrell (1985). ''The Princeton companion to classical Japanese literature.'' Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press. (p. 210).]
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