The refers to descendants of 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...

's eldest son, Nijō Tameuji (1222–86). The family name took after Nijō district of Kyoto

Kyoto

is a city in the central part of the island of Honshū, Japan. It has a population close to 1.5 million. Formerly the imperial capital of Japan, it is now the capital of Kyoto Prefecture, as well as a major part of the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area.-History:...

 where the family had resided. This hereditary house of Japanese waka poetry

Waka (poetry)

Waka or Yamato uta is a genre of classical Japanese verse and one of the major genres of Japanese literature...

 is generally known for its conservative slant toward the politics and poetics aimed at preserving the ideals of Fujiwara no Shunzei

Fujiwara no Shunzei

was a noted Japanese poet and nobleman, son of Fujiwara no Toshitada. He was also known as Fujiwara no Toshinari or Shakua ; in his younger days , he gave his name as Akihiro , but in 1167, changed to Shunzei...

 and Fujiwara no Teika

Fujiwara no Teika

Fujiwara no Teika , also known as Fujiwara no Sadaie or Sada-ie, was a Japanese poet, critic, calligrapher, novelist, anthologist, scribe, and scholar of the late Heian and early Kamakura periods...

. The members of the family are credited for the compilation of eleven out of thirteen later imperial anthologies, i.e., :

• Shinchokusen Wakashū (新勅撰和歌集);
• Shokugosen Wakashū (続後撰和歌集);
• Shokukokin Wakashū (続古今和歌集);
• Shokushūi Wakashū (続拾遺和歌集);
• Shingosen Wakashū (新後撰和歌集);
• Shokusenzai Wakashū (続千載和歌集);
• Shokugoshūi Wakashū (続後拾遺和歌集);
• Shinsenzai Wakashū (新千載和歌集);
• Shinshūi Wakashū (新拾遺和歌集);
• Shingoshūi Wakashū (新後拾遺和歌集), and
• Shinshokukokin Wakashū (新続古今和歌集).

(listed in chronological order)

The rivals of Nijō school, the Kyōgoku and Reizei

Reizei family

The Reizei family is a branch of the clan Fujiwara.For eight centuries, the family secretly preserved, under imperial order, an important collection of documents. On April 4, 1980, this collection of about 200,000 pieces was made public by Tametō Reizei . The following year, a library in Tokyo was...

 families are known for their innovative approach to poetic composition. The Kyōgoku family compiled the following two imperial anthologies:

• Gyokuyō Wakashū (玉葉和歌集) and
• Fūga Wakashū (風雅和歌集).