Fujiwara no Nagaie

Fujiwara no Nagaie (藤原 長家; 26 September 1005 – 19 December 1064) was a Japanese nobleman and waka poet of the Heian period.

Life

Fujiwara no Nagaie was born on the 20th day of the eighth month of Kankō 2 (26 September 1005 in the Julian calendar),[1][lower-alpha 1] 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][lower-alpha 2] He was sixty years old, by Japanese reckoning.[1]

Descendants

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]

Poetry

Nagaie was a patron of the poetic arts, which were seen as a key element in the education of the ruling class.[2] He hosted poetic gatherings, including uta-awase contests and meetings for the composition of both waka and kanshi, at his residence.[2] He participated in a number of uta-awase at the palace,[2] notably acting as the poetic arbiter (歌撰者) of the right team (右方) at the Kōgōgū Shunjū Uta-awase (皇后宮春秋歌合) in Tengi 4 (1056).[2]

43[lower-alpha 3] of his waka were included in imperial anthologies from the Goshūi Wakashū on.[2] He supposedly produced a kashū (personal collection),[2] but this does not survive.

Notes
    1. According to the Midō Kanpaku-ki.[2]
    2. According to the Kugyō Bunin.[2]
    3. The Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Plus entry on Nagaie gives a figure of 44.[3]
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    References

    Citations
    1. Hashimoto 1983, p. 300; Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Plus 2015.
    2. Hashimoto 1983, p. 300.
    3. Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Plus 2015.
    4. Kondō 1983, p. 299.
    5. Hashimoto 1983, p. 300; Kondō 1983, p. 299; Kubota 1983, p. 296.
    6. Kondō 1983, p. 299; Kubota 1983, p. 296.

    Works cited
    • Hashimoto, Fumio (1983). "Fujiwara no Nagaie" 藤原長家. Nihon Koten Bungaku Daijiten 日本古典文学大辞典 (in Japanese). 5. Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten. p. 300. OCLC 11917421.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
    • Kondō, Jun'ichi (1983). "Fujiwara no Toshitada" 藤原俊忠. Nihon Koten Bungaku Daijiten 日本古典文学大辞典 (in Japanese). 5. Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten. p. 299. OCLC 11917421.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
    • Kubota, Jun (1983). "Fujiwara no Teika" 藤原定家. Nihon Koten Bungaku Daijiten 日本古典文学大辞典 (in Japanese). 5. Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten. pp. 296–298. OCLC 11917421.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
    • "Fujiwara no Nagaie" 藤原長家. Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Plus (in Japanese). Kodansha. 2015. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
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