Collection of the Right Chamberlain of Kenreimon-in

This is a collection of poems by a lady-in-waiting known as Ukyo no Daifu, who served Emperor Takakura's Empress Kenreimon'in (Taira Tokuko) in the late Heian period. The author's birth and death years are unknown, but she is estimated to have been born between 1152-53 (Ninpei 2-3) and 1155 (Kyuju 2). Her father, Fujiwara Koreyuki, was a sixth-generation descendant of Yukinari, a master of calligraphy in the Sesonji school and a skilled koto player, and authored the book "A Commentary on the Tale of Genji." Her mother, Yugiri, was the daughter of Omiwa Motomasa, and was well-known as a koto player at the time. In June 1234 (Tenpuku 2), when the New Imperial Collection of Waka Poetry was being compiled, the author, in his later years, was asked by Fujiwara no Teika to submit his works as material for the compilation. It is believed that the anthology was completed by this time. The extant copies are broadly divided into those held by Kyushu University Library and those held by Gunsho Ruiju, with the Kyushu University edition considered to be the best.

The story revolves around the love affair between the author and Taira no Sukemori, set against the backdrop of the historical tragedies of the time, such as the rise of the Taira clan, the Genpei War, and the destruction of the Taira clan. The work is made up of over 350 poems (including exchanges of poems) that express the author's feelings of having to endure the grief of losing and losing his nobles and living through turbulent times, and are bound together with lengthy annotations, allowing us to trace the trajectory of the author's life.

[Kimie Itoga]

When I gaze upon the sky as my heart desires, I see no end to the clouds.

"Kenreimon'in Ukyo no Daifu Shu" edited by Hisamatsu Sen'ichi and Kubota Jun (Iwanami Bunko) " "Shincho Japanese Classics Collection: Kenreimon'in Ukyo no Daifu Shu" edited by Itoga Kimie (1979, Shinchosha)"

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

平安末期、高倉(たかくら)天皇の中宮建礼門院（平徳子）に仕え右京大夫とよばれた女房の家集。作者は生没年不明だが、1152、53年（仁平2、3）ごろから55年（久寿2）ごろの出生と推定されよう。父藤原伊行(これゆき)は、行成から6代の後裔(こうえい)で世尊寺(せそんじ)流の能書、箏(こと)の上手、著書に『源氏物語釈(しゃく)』がある。母夕霧は大神(おおみわ)基政の女(むすめ)、当時琴(こと)ひきとして著名。1234年（天福2）6月『新勅撰(ちょくせん)和歌集』撰進のおりに、晩年の作者は、藤原定家(ていか)から編纂(へんさん)資料として作品の提出を求められた。このころまでに本集は成立していたと思われる。現存伝本は九州大学図書館蔵本の系統と群書類従所収本の系統とに大別され、九大本が最善本とみられている。

　内容は平家一門の栄耀(えよう)、源平争乱、平家壊滅という時代的な悲劇を背景とした作者と平資盛(すけもり)との恋愛が主軸で、公達(きんだち)との生別死別の悲嘆に耐えて乱世を生きなければならなかった心情の詠出350余首（贈答歌を含む）が、長文の詞書(ことばがき)でつづり合わされ、ここに作者の生涯の軌跡をたどることができる。

［糸賀きみ江］

　我が心うきたるままにながむればいづくを雲のはてとしもなし

『久松潜一・久保田淳校注『建礼門院右京大夫集』（岩波文庫）』▽『糸賀きみ江校注『新潮日本古典集成　建礼門院右京大夫集』（1979・新潮社）』

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