Nijō Tamesada (二条為定, 1293–1360), also known as Fujiwara no Tamesada (藤原為定), was a Japanese courtier and ''
waka'' poet of the late
Kamakura period
The is a period of Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura by the first ''shōgun'' Minamoto no Yoritomo after the conclusion of the Genpei War, which saw the struggle betwee ...
and
Nanbokuchō period.
Biography
Nijō Tamesada was born in 1293. His father was
Nijō Tamemichi, and his mother was a daughter of
Asukai Masaari, Tamemichi's father was
Nijō Tameyo Nijō Tameyo (二条為世, 1250–1338), also known as Fujiwara no Tameyo (藤原為世), was a Japanese courtier and ''waka'' poet of the late Kamakura period and the early Nanboku-chō period. His Dharma name was Myōshaku (明釈).
Biography ...
, Tameyo being a son of
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
Nij ...
, a grandson of
Fujiwara no Tameie, and a great-grandson of
Fujiwara no Teika. Tamesada was a member of the
Nijō branch of the
Fujiwara clan, so is known as both Nijō Tamefuji and Fujiwara no Tamefuji.
He died on the
fourteenth day of the third month of
Enbun 5 (1360).
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1293 births
1360 deaths
Fujiwara clan
Nijō family
14th-century Japanese poets