Nijō Tamefuyu
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Nijō Tamefuyu (二条為冬, ?–1335), also known as Fujiwara no Tamefuyu (藤原為冬), was a Japanese courtier and waka poet of the late Kamakura period.
He was briefly considered as a possible compiler for the
He died in 1335 fighting against the winning army of Ashikaga Takauji at the Battle of Takenoshita.
Biography
Ancestry and birth
Tamefuyu's year of birth is unknown.[1] He was the youngest child of Nijō Tameyo,[1] Tameyo himself being a son of Nijō Tameuji,[2] a grandson of Fujiwara no Tameie,[2] and a great-grandson of Fujiwara no Teika.[3]
Political career
At the height of his political career, he held the position of Middle Captain of the Left (左中将).[1]
Death
He died on the twelfth day of the twelfth month of Kenmu 2 (1335/1336).[1] He had been in the army sent to hunt down and kill Ashikaga Takauji, but lost at the Battle of Takenoshita and committed suicide.[1]
Name
He was a member of the Nijō branch of the Fujiwara clan, so is known as both Nijō Tamefuyu and Fujiwara no Tamefuyu.
Poetry
Tamefuyu participated in a number of formal waka poetry gatherings, including at the imperial palace, beginning around 1323,[1] when he was present at the Kameyama-dono shichihyaku-shu (亀山殿七百首).[1]
In the seventh month of 1324, when Nijō Tamefuji suddenly dropped out as a compiler of the Shokugoshūi Wakashū, his father Tameyo attempted to replace him with Tamefuyu,[1] who was then probably only in his twenties,[1] but was overruled by Nijō Tamesada.[1]
20 of his poems are included in
References
Works cited
- "Nijō Tameyo" 二条為世. Bijutsu Jinmei Jiten (in Japanese). Shibunkaku. 2016. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
- OCLC 11917421.
- Inoue, Muneo (1994). "Fujiwara no Tameyo" 二条為世. Encyclopedia Nipponica (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 2017-11-03.