Nijō poetic school

Nijō poetic school

The Nijō poetic school (二条 Nijō?) refers to descendants of Fujiwara no Tameie's eldest son, Nijō Tameuji (1222–86). The family name took after Nijō district of Kyoto where the family had resided. This hereditary house of Japanese waka poetry is generally known for its conservative slant toward the politics and poetics aimed at preserving the ideals of Fujiwara no Shunzei and Fujiwara no Teika. The members of the family are credited for the compilation of eleven out of thirteen later imperial anthologies, i.e., Jūsandaishū (十三代集?) :

(listed in chronological order)

The rivals of Nijō school, the Kyōgoku and Reizei families are known for their innovative approach to poetic composition. The Kyōgoku family compiled the following two imperial anthologies:

Notes

  1. ^ Earl Roy Miner, Hiroko Odagiri, and Robert E. Morrell (1985). The Princeton companion to classical Japanese literature. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691065991 (p. 210).



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