Kujō Yoshitsune

Kujō Yoshitsune ( Japanese 九条良経 ; * 1169 ; † April 16, 1206 ), also Fujiwara no Yoshitsune ( 藤原良経 ) or Gokyōgoku Yoshitsune ( 後京極良経 ), was a Japanese politician, poet and calligrapher.

He was the son of Grand Chancellor Kujō Kanezane (Fujiwara no Kanezane) and a daughter of Fujiwara no Sueyuki . Since his older brother Yoshimichi ( 良通 ) died early in 1188, Yoshitsune became the ancestor of the Kujō family founded by his father . So he was appointed Gon-Chūnagon and Gon-Dainagon the following year. In 1190 he married a daughter Fujiwara no Yoshiyasu (Ichijō Yoshiyasu) and thus became an ally of the Minamoto .

In 1195 he became Chancellor of the Interior ( Naidaijin ), in 1199 Chancellor on the left ( Sadaijin ) and then rose in 1204 to Grand Chancellor ( Daijō Daijin ). From 1202 he was also the regent ( Sesshō ) of the underage emperor Tsuchimikado . He died in 1206 at the age of only 38.

Yoshitsune was also a recognized poet and calligrapher .

His poetry collection Akishino gessei shū ( 秋篠月清集 ) was created around 1204 and contains more than 1,600 poems. More than 300 other poems have been published in various imperial collections, such as the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu , the Shinchokusen-wakashū and the Shinkokin-wakashū . For the latter, which contains 79 of his poems, he also wrote the foreword in 1205.

The calligraphy style Gokyōgoku-ryū ( 後京極流 ) goes back to Yoshitsune , which is based on the style Hosshōji -ryū ( 性寺寺流 ).

Web links

asahi.net Biographical data

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c 九条良経 . In: 朝日日本歴史人物事典 at kotobank.jp. Asahi Shimbun Shuppan, accessed November 19, 2011 (Japanese).
↑ ^a ^b Louis Frédéric : Japan Encyclopedia . Harvard University Press, 2002, ISBN 0-674-00770-0 , pp. 212 (English, limited preview in the Google book search - French: Japon, dictionnaire et civilization . Translated by Käthe Roth).
↑ 後京極流 . In: デジタル大辞泉 at kotobank.jp. Shogakukan , accessed November 19, 2011 (Japanese).

personal data
SURNAME	Kujō Yoshitsune
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	九条良経 (Japanese); Fujiwara no Yoshitsune; 藤原良経 (Japanese); Gokyōgoku Yoshitsune; 後京極良経 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Japanese politician, poet and calligrapher
DATE OF BIRTH	1169
DATE OF DEATH	April 16, 1206

[kotobank-1] 九条良経 . In: 朝日日本歴史人物事典 at kotobank.jp. Asahi Shimbun Shuppan, accessed November 19, 2011 (Japanese).

[Japan_Encyclopedia-2] Louis Frédéric : Japan Encyclopedia . Harvard University Press, 2002, ISBN 0-674-00770-0 , pp. 212 (English, limited preview in the Google book search - French: Japon, dictionnaire et civilization . Translated by Käthe Roth).

[3] 後京極流 . In: デジタル大辞泉 at kotobank.jp. Shogakukan , accessed November 19, 2011 (Japanese).