Asukai Masatsune

Asukai Masatsune ( Japanese 飛鳥井雅経 ; * 1170 ; † April 5, 1221 ), also called Fujiwara no Masatsune ( 藤原雅経 ), was a Japanese waka poet.

He was the second eldest son of Nanba Yoritsune (Fujiwara no Yoritsune) and a daughter of Minamoto no Akimasa . He was considered an excellent Kemari player. His father was in opposition to the Kamakura shogunate and was exiled, while he himself was kindly received by the shogun Minamoto no Yoriie , as this was a friend of the Kemari game. Masatsune was the page of Tennō Go-Toba , held the "third following court rank " and was "Councilor of State" ( 参議 , sangi ) at the imperial court.

Fujiwara no Masatsune worked on the compilation of the imperial poetry collection Shinkokin-wakashū and on the waka collection Sengohyakuban utaawase , which appeared in 1201. He was the founder of the Asukai family, known for their poets, calligraphers, and Kemari players.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b 飛鳥井雅経 . In: デジタル版日本人名大辞典 + Plus at kotobank.jp. Kodansha, accessed November 19, 2011 (Japanese).
^ Louis Frédéric : Japan Encyclopedia . Harvard University Press, 2002, ISBN 0-674-00770-0 , pp. 59, 205 (English, limited preview in Google Book Search - French: Japon, dictionnaire et civilization . Translated by Käthe Roth).

personal data
SURNAME	Asukai Masatsune
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	飛鳥井雅経 (Japanese); Fujiwara no Masatsune (alternative name); 藤原雅経 (Japanese, alternative name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Japanese waka poet
DATE OF BIRTH	1170
DATE OF DEATH	April 5, 1221

[kotobank-1] 飛鳥井雅経 . In: デジタル版日本人名大辞典 + Plus at kotobank.jp. Kodansha, accessed November 19, 2011 (Japanese).

[2] Louis Frédéric : Japan Encyclopedia . Harvard University Press, 2002, ISBN 0-674-00770-0 , pp. 59, 205 (English, limited preview in Google Book Search - French: Japon, dictionnaire et civilization . Translated by Käthe Roth).