Fujiwara no Tamekane

Fujiwara no Tamekane (藤原為兼, Fujiwara Tamekane, 1254–1332), also known as Kyōgoku Tamekane (京極為兼), 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.

In the Imperial Daijō-kan, he rose to the rank of Chūnagon and Dainagon.

In 1298, he was banished to Sado Island. Later, this exile was modified to banishment in Tosa province.

In 1312, he compiled the Gyokuyō Wakashū.

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