Kyogoku family

The Mikohidari lineage is descended from the Northern House of the Fujiwara clan. In the mid-Kamakura period, Mikohidari Tamenori was born as the second son of Tameie. He inherited his grandfather Fujiwara Teika's Ichijo-Kyogoku residence and took the family name Kyogoku. Tamenori excelled in waka poetry and taught it to his son, Kyogoku Tamekane (1254-1332). Later, Tamekane became the head of the household of Saionji Sanekane, and through this connection he became a leader in the waka world centered around Emperor Fushimi and Eifukumon'in, and participated in the compilation of the imperially commissioned Gyokuyo Wakashu. Tamekane, who based his innovative theory on waka poetry, came into conflict with the head of the family, Nijō Tameyo, who advocated a gentle and traditional waka style, and the compilation of the book was temporarily suspended, but Tamekane's arguments were ultimately accepted and the book was completed. However, Tamekane had no biological children, and the family line was cut off shortly after his death.

[Yusuke Yoneda]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

藤原氏北家(ほっけ)の系統を引く御子左(みこひだり)流。鎌倉時代中期に御子左為教(ためのり)が為家(ためいえ)の次男として誕生。祖父藤原定家の居宅一条京極(いちじょうきょうごく)邸を伝領し、家号を京極としたのに始まる。為教は歌道に秀で、その子京極為兼(ためかね)（1254―1332）に歌道を伝授。のちに為兼は西園寺実兼(さいおんじさねかね)の家司(けいし)となり、その縁から伏見天皇や永福門院(えいふくもんいん)を中心とする歌壇の指導者となって勅撰の『玉葉(ぎょくよう)和歌集』の編纂にあずかった。革新的な歌論に基づく為兼は、温和で伝統的な歌道を旨とする本家の二条為世(ためよ)と対立、一時その編纂が中断したが、最終的には為兼の主張が通り、完成した。しかし為兼に実子がなく、彼の没後まもなく同家は断絶した。

［米田雄介］

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