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{{Short description|Japanese courtier and waka poet (1250–1338)}}
'''Nijō Tameyo''' (二条為世, 1250–1338), also known as '''Fujiwara no Tameyo''' (藤原為世), was a Japanese courtier and ''[[waka (poetry)|waka]]'' poet of the late [[Kamakura period]] and the early [[Nanboku-chō period]]. His [[Dharma name]] was '''Myōshaku''' (明釈).
== Biography ==
=== Ancestry, birth and early life ===
Nijō Tameyo was born in 1250.{{sfnm|1a1=Misumi|1y=1994|2a1=Inoue|2y=1994}} His father was [[Fujiwara no Tameuji]],{{sfnm|1a1=Misumi|1y=1994|2a1=Inoue|2y=1994|3a1=Mypaedia|3y=1996}} and his mother was a daughter of {{illm|Asukai Norisada|ja|飛鳥井教定}}.{{sfnm|1a1=Britannica Kokusai Dai-Hyakkajiten|1y=2014}} He was Tameuji's eldest son,{{sfnm|1a1=Inoue|1y=1994}} a grandson of [[Fujiwara no Tameie]],{{sfnm|1a1=Inoue|1y=1994}} and a great-grandson of [[Fujiwara no Teika]].{{sfnm|1a1=Bijutsu Jinmei Jiten|1y=2016}}
=== Political career ===
He was a supporter of the {{illm|Daikakuji line|ja|大覚寺統}}, descendants of [[Emperor Kameyama]], in the succession disputes of the late [[Kamakura period]].{{sfnm|1a1=Misumi|1y=1994|2a1=Inoue|2y=1994|3a1=Mypaedia|3y=1996}} At the height of his political career, he had attained the [[List of Japanese court ranks, positions and hereditary titles#Upper ranks|Senior Second Rank]],{{sfnm|1a1=Inoue|1y=1994|2a1=Britannica Kokusai Dai-Hyakkajiten|2y=2014}} and held the position of Provisional Major Counselor (''gon-[[dainagon]]'').{{sfnm|1a1=Misumi|1y=1994|2a1=Inoue|2y=1994|3a1=Britannica Kokusai Dai-Hyakkajiten|3y=2014|4a1=Mypaedia|4y=1996}}
=== Later life and death ===
He entered [[Buddhist monk|Buddhist orders]] in 1329,{{sfnm|1a1=Britannica Kokusai Dai-Hyakkajiten|1y=2014}} acquiring the [[Dharma name]] ''Myōshaku''.{{sfnm|1a1=Inoue|1y=1994|2a1=Britannica Kokusai Dai-Hyakkajiten|2y=2014}} He died on 18 September 1338,{{sfnm|1a1=Misumi|1y=1994}} or the fifth day of the eighth month of [[Engen|Engen 3]] by [[Southern Court]] reckoning, [[Ryakuō|Ryakuō 1]] by [[Northern Court]] reckoning.{{sfnm|1a1=Misumi|1y=1994}}
== Poetry ==
Tameyo learned ''[[waka (poetry)|waka]]'' composition from his father Tameuji and his grandfather Tameie, who between them had compiled four of the [[imperial anthologies]]<!-- Not in source, but a BLUE description that makes the sentence read better. -->.{{sfnm|1a1=Inoue|1y=1994}}
In 1303,{{sfnm|1a1=Misumi|1y=1994|2a1=Inoue|2y=1994|3a1=Britannica Kokusai Dai-Hyakkajiten|3y=2014}} on the command of [[Emperor Go-Uda|Retired Emperor Go-Uda]],{{sfnm|1a1=Misumi|1y=1994|2a1=Inoue|2y=1994|3a1=Britannica Kokusai Dai-Hyakkajiten|3y=2014}} Tameyo compiled the ''[[Shin Gosen Wakashū]]''.{{sfnm|1a1=Misumi|1y=1994|2a1=Inoue|2y=1994|3a1=Britannica Kokusai Dai-Hyakkajiten|3y=2014|4a1=Mypaedia|4y=1996}} In 1320,{{sfnm|1a1=Misumi|1y=1994|2a1=Inoue|2y=1994|3a1=Britannica Kokusai Dai-Hyakkajiten|3y=2014|4a1=Mypaedia|4y=1996}} also under the direction of Retired Emperor Go-Uda,{{sfnm|1a1=Misumi|1y=1994|2a1=Inoue|2y=1994|3a1=Britannica Kokusai Dai-Hyakkajiten|3y=2014|4a1=Mypaedia|4y=1996}} he compiled the ''[[Shoku Senzai Wakashū]]''.{{sfnm|1a1=Misumi|1y=1994|2a1=Inoue|2y=1994|3a1=Britannica Kokusai Dai-Hyakkajiten|3y=2014}}
As a result of the accession of [[Emperor Hanazono]], a member of the rival {{illm|Jimyō-in line|ja|持明院統}}, to the throne in 1308,{{sfnm|1a1=Misumi|1y=1994}} he had a bitter dispute with his cousin [[Kyōgoku Tamekane]] over the compilation of the next [[imperial anthology]],{{sfnm|1a1=Misumi|1y=1994|2a1=Inoue|2y=1994|3a1=Britannica Kokusai Dai-Hyakkajiten|3y=2014|4a1=Mypaedia|4y=1996}} a dispute he lost.{{sfnm|1a1=Britannica Kokusai Dai-Hyakkajiten|1y=2014|2a1=Mypaedia|2y=1996}} He attacked Tamekane in his ''{{illm|Enkei Ryōkyō Sochin-jō|ja|延慶両卿訴陳状}}''.{{sfnm|1a1=Misumi|1y=1994|2a1=Britannica Kokusai Dai-Hyakkajiten|2y=2014}}
He was also known as a teacher of ''[[waka (poetry)|waka]]'' composition,{{sfnm|1a1=Misumi|1y=1994|2a1=Inoue|2y=1994}} and his students included the so-called "[[Four Heavenly Kings]] of ''Waka''":{{sfnm|1a1=Misumi|1y=1994|2a1=Inoue|2y=1994}} [[Jōben]] (浄弁), [[Kenkō]], [[Ton'a]] and [[Keiun (monk)|Keiun]] (慶運).{{sfnm|1a1=Misumi|1y=1994|2a1=Inoue|2y=1994}}
He produced a [[shisenshū|privately-compiled anthology]], the ''[[Shoku Gen'yō-shū]]'' (続現葉集),{{sfnm|1a1=Misumi|1y=1994}} and produced the [[karon (poetry)|poetic theory book]] ''[[Waka Teikin]]'' (和歌庭訓).{{sfnm|1a1=Misumi|1y=1994|2a1=Inoue|2y=1994|3a1=Britannica Kokusai Dai-Hyakkajiten|3y=2014}} He left a [[kashū (poetry)|personal anthology]], the ''[[Tameyo-shū]]''.{{sfnm|1a1=Inoue|1y=1994}}
177 of his poems are included in imperial collections from the ''[[Shoku Shūi Wakashū]]'' on.{{sfnm|1a1=Misumi|1y=1994|2a1=Britannica Kokusai Dai-Hyakkajiten|2y=2014}}
He was also a composer of ''[[renga]]'', and some of his work was included in the ''[[Tsukuba-shū]]''.{{sfnm|1a1=Inoue|1y=1994}}
== References ==
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|title        = Nijō Tameyo
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|title        = Nijō Tameyo
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[[Category:1250 births]]
[[Category:1338 deaths]]
[[Category:Fujiwara clan]]
[[Category:Nijō family]]
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