Fujiwara no Tamekane
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, also known as , was a poet, an official in the Imperial court of Emperor Fushimi
Emperor Fushimi
Emperor Fushimi was the 92nd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession...

, and a senior bureaucrat of the Kamakura shogunate
Kamakura shogunate
The Kamakura shogunate was a military dictatorship in Japan headed by the shoguns from 1185 to 1333. It was based in Kamakura. The Kamakura period draws its name from the capital of the shogunate...

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Tamekane was the grandson of poet Fujiwara no Tameie
Fujiwara no Tameie
was a Japanese poet and compiler of Imperial anthologies of poems.Tameie was the second son of poets Teika and Abutuni; and he was the central figure in a circle of Japanese poets after Jōkyū War in 1221. His three sons were Nijō Tameuji, Kyōgoku Tamenori and Reizei Tamesuke...

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In the Imperial Daijō-kan, he rose to the rank of Chūnagon
Chunagon
was a counselor of the second rank in the Imperial court of Japan. The role dates from the 7th century.The role was eliminated from the Imperial hierarchy in 701, but it was re-established in 705...

 and Dainagon
Dainagon
was a counselor of the first rank in the Imperial court of Japan. The role dates from the 7th century.This advisory position remained a part of the Imperial court from the 8th century until the Meiji period in the 19th century....

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In 1298, he was banished to Sado Island. Later, this exile was modified to banishment in Tosa province
Tosa Province
is the name of a former province of Japan in the area that is today Kōchi Prefecture on Shikoku. Tosa was bordered by Iyo and Awa Provinces. It was sometimes called .-History:The ancient capital was near modern Nankoku...

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Selected works

In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Kyōgoku Tamekane, OCLC
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/WorldCat
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encompasses roughly 10+ works in 30+ publications in 2 languages and 400+ library holdings.
  • 玉葉和歌集 (1647)
  • 訳注為兼卿和哥抄 (1963)
  • 為兼・為相等書狀並案 (1988)
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