Masatsune Asukai

Japanese: 飛鳥井雅経 - あすかいまさつね

[Born] Kaō 2 (1170)
[Died] March 11, 1221 (Jōkyū 3). A nobleman and poet in the early Kamakura period in Kyoto. Son of Naniwa Yoritsune. Fujiwara surname. Founder of the Asukai family. His wife was the daughter of Oe Hiromoto. One of the compilers of the Shin Kokin Wakashu. Served under three successive emperors, Gotoba, Tsuchimikado, and Juntoku, and also served the Kamakura shogunate. He attained the rank of councilor and Junior Third Rank. He learned waka from Fujiwara no Shunzei, and was a member of the Wakadokoro office. He participated in the Sengohyakuban Utaawase (Poetry Contest). 22 of his poems are included in the Shin Kokinshu. His style of poetry is elegant and Shin Kokin-fu, and he has a family anthology, Asukai-shu (1292, compiled by his grandson Masaari). He was skilled in kemari (football) along with his brother Munenaga (founder of the Naniwa school), and is the founder of the Asukai school. Their descendants served in Kyoto and Kamakura, mastering both waka poetry and the family art of kemari.

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Japanese:

[生]嘉応2(1170)
[没]承久3(1221).3.11. 京都
鎌倉時代前期の公卿，歌人。難波頼経の子。藤原姓。飛鳥井家の祖。妻は大江広元の娘。『新古今和歌集』撰者の一人。後鳥羽，土御門，順徳帝の3代に仕えるとともに，鎌倉幕府にも仕えた。参議，従三位にいたる。和歌を藤原俊成に学び，和歌所寄人。『千五百番歌合』に参加。『新古今集』には 22首入集。歌風は艶麗な新古今風で，家集『明日香井集』 (1292，孫の雅有編) がある。兄の宗長 (難波流の祖) とともに蹴鞠 (けまり) にも巧みで，飛鳥井流の祖。子孫も和歌と家の芸である蹴鞠の両芸をもって京，鎌倉に仕えた。

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