Fujiwara no Ietaka - Fujiwara no Ietaka

A poet of the early Kamakura period. He was the son of Gon Chunagon Mitsutaka, who was also known as Nekoma Chunagon. His mother was the daughter of Grand Empress Dowager Miyanosuke Fujiwara Sanekane. He served as chamberlain, Kazusa no Suke, and Kunaikyo, and reached the rank of Junior Second Rank, and was known as Mibu Nihon and Bojo Nihon. He learned poetry from Fujiwara Shunzei, and was a lifelong friend of Shunzei's son Teika, and was also a worthy rival who was considered to be his equal. His style of poetry is generally simpler than Teika's. He was highly trusted by Emperor Gotoba, and when the Wakadokoro (poetry office) was established in 1201 (Kennin 1), he was appointed as a yoryuudo (member of the Imperial Court) along with Teika and others, and was also included as one of the five editors of the Shin Kokin Wakashu (New Ancient and Modern Poetry Collection). In the Imperial Palace of Emperor Juntoku, he worked with Teika to guide waka poetry at the Imperial Court. He also had a close relationship with Emperor Tsuchimikado, perhaps because of his relationship with his daughter, Shomeimon'in (Tsuchimikado'in), who was a junior minister. Because of this relationship, he was greatly shocked when the three Emperors Gotoba, Tsuchimikado, and Juntoku were sent far away during the Jokyu War in 1221 (Jokyu 3). However, even after the war, he used this sadness as a driving force to continue his active poetry activities, and he never lost contact with Emperor Gotoba in Oki (Shimane Prefecture). However, he was not fortunate in his official career, and only reached the rank of Junior Second Rank in his later years. In 1236 (Kasei 2), he became a monk due to illness, adopted the Buddhist name of Butsyo, and died the following year on April 9th ​​at Tennoji Temple in Naniwa (Osaka) while practicing Nissokan meditation. He was 80 years old. His works include the family anthology "Minishu" (Gyokuginshu), his self-poetry contest "Ietakakyo Hyakuban Jikaawase," and others, and have been included in successive imperial anthologies starting with "Senzai Wakashu," but there is no comprehensive treatise on waka poetry. His sons, Chamberlain Takasuke and Shozaisho (Minister of State) Jomyomon'in, were also known as poets.

[Jun Kubota]

When the wind blows, the evening by the stream is a sign of summer.

"The Fujiwara Ietaka Collection and its Research" edited by Jun Kubota (1968, Miyai Shoten)

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鎌倉前期の歌人。猫間(ねこま)中納言(ちゅうなごん)とよばれた権(ごん)中納言光隆の子。母は太皇太后宮亮(たいこうたいごうぐうのすけ)藤原実兼(さねかね)の女(むすめ)。侍従(じじゅう)、上総介(かずさのすけ)、宮内卿(くないきょう)などを歴任し、従(じゅ)二位に至り、壬生二品(みぶにほん)、坊城二品などとよばれた。藤原俊成(しゅんぜい)に歌を学び、俊成の子定家(ていか)とは生涯を通じて歌友であり、双璧(そうへき)とされる好敵手でもあった。歌風は定家に比して概して平明である。後鳥羽(ごとば)院の信任が厚く、1201年（建仁1）の和歌所設置に際しては定家らとともに寄人(よりゅうど)とされ、さらに『新古今和歌集』撰者(せんじゃ)5人の1人に加えられた。順徳(じゅんとく)天皇の内裏(だいり)では、定家とともに宮廷和歌の指導にあたった。また、娘承明門院（土御門(つちみかど)院）小宰相(こざいしょう)の関係からか、土御門院にも親しい感情を寄せていた。このような関係から1221年（承久3）の承久(じょうきゅう)の乱によって後鳥羽、土御門、順徳の三院が遠所に遷(せん)された衝撃は大きかったが、乱後もむしろこの悲しみを一つの原動力として盛んに作歌活動を続け、隠岐(おき)（島根県）の後鳥羽院とは音信を絶やさなかった。しかし官途のうえでは不遇で、最晩年にようやく従二位に至った。1236年（嘉禎2）病により出家、法名を仏性と号し、翌年4月9日、難波(なにわ)（大阪）の天王寺で日想観を行いながら没した。年80。家集『壬二(みに)集』（玉吟集）、自歌合(じかあわせ)『家隆卿(きょう)百番自歌合』などがあり、『千載(せんざい)和歌集』以下代々の勅撰集に入集(にっしゅう)しているが、歌論としてまとまったものはない。子の侍従隆祐(たかすけ)、承明門院小宰相も歌人として知られる。

［久保田淳］

　風そよぐならの小川の夕暮はみそぎぞ夏のしるしなりける

『久保田淳編著『藤原家隆集とその研究』（1968・三弥井書店）』

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