Fujiwara no Tamekane
Japanese poet (1254–1332)
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Fujiwara no Tamekane (藤原為兼, Fujiwara Tamekane; 1254–1332),[1] also known as Kyōgoku Tamekane (京極為兼),[2] was a prominent Japanese poet, an official in the Imperial court of Emperor Fushimi, and a senior bureaucrat of the Kamakura shogunate.
Tamekane was the grandson of esteemed poet Fujiwara no Tameie.[3]
In the Imperial Daijō-kan, he rose to the rank of Chūnagon[4] and Dainagon.[5]
In 1298, he was banished to Sado Island.[4] Later, this exile was modified to banishment in Tosa province.[3]
In 1312, he compiled the Gyokuyō Wakashū.[6]
