Fujiwara no Nagaie
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Fujiwara no Nagaie (藤原 長家; 26 September 1005 – 19 December 1064) was a Japanese nobleman and waka poet of the Heian period.
Descendants
Fujiwara no Nagaie was born on the 20th day of the eighth month of Kankō 2 (26 September 1005 in the Julian calendar),[1][a] to Fujiwara no Michinaga[1] and Minamoto no Meishi[1] His adoptive mother was Michinaga's principal wife (正室) Minamoto no Rinshi.[1] He was the sixth[3] and youngest[2] of Michinaga's sons. He was fawned over by his father, adoptive mother, eldest sister Shōshi and eldest brother Yorimichi.[2]
Nagaie lived for a long period in the Mikohidari manor on Sanjō Avenue, from which he acquired the nicknames Sanjō (三条)[2] and Mikohidari (御子左).[2]
At the height of his career, immediately before his death, he held the position of Provisional Senior Counselor[1] and the Senior Second Rank.[1] On the 25th day of the tenth month of Kōhei 7 (5 December 1064) he took the tonsure as a result of illness.[1] He died shortly thereafter, on the ninth day of the eleventh month of Kōhei 7 (19 December 1064).[1][b] He was sixty years old, by Japanese reckoning.[1]
Nagaie was the founder of the famous Mikohadari lineage of waka poets,[1] which included his son Tadaie,[4] grandson Toshitada,[4] great-grandson Shunzei[5] and great-great-grandson Fujiwara no Teika.[6]