Letter by Nijo Tameuji
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作者二条為氏
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制作年 AD13
- Title
- ニジョウタメウジヒツショジョウ
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- Century Akao Collection
- Depository
- Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko) Campus Mita
- Ref. number
- AW-CEN-000032-0001
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- CC BY Images license
- Creditline
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慶應義塾（センチュリー赤尾コレクション）
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Nijo Tameuji (1222-86) was a boy born in lawful wedlock to Fujiwara-no-Tameiye (1198-1275) and was grandson of Fujiwara no Sadaie (also called Teika, 1162-1241). Under the tutelage of his father as well as grandfather, Tameuji grew up to become successor of the head family of the Mikohidari heritage in Kado, or Poetry Teaching. Tameuji’s abilities were highly reputed and he became a member of the selection committee for the Shoku Shui Wakashu (Collection of Gleanings of Japanese Poetry Continued) thanks to a document conveying the oral command of Retired Emperor Kameyama (1249-1305). The highest official post Tameuji assumed was that of the Provisional Major Counselor, but he became a priest in 1285 and was re-named Kakua. He died in the following year at age 65. The “Koshibe estate” being discussed in this letter is located in Ibo County in Harima (Hyogo Prefecture) and was conceded to the adopted daughter, Koshibe-no-Zenni (or Nun of Koshibe, dates of birth and death unknown), of Fujiwara-no-Toshinari (1114-1204), Sadaie’s father and, after the nun’s death, was inherited by Tameuji.From the letter, it appears that Tameuji submitted to the imperial court the original deed certifying inheritance of the Koshibe estate. Even though the details are not clear, a lawsuit might have arisen about the proprietary and income rights over the estate in question. It is known that there was a lawsuit between Tameuji and his step-brother Tamesuke (1263-1328) concerning the Hosokawa estate in Minou County (today’s Hyogo Prefecture). Tamesuke’s mother, the Nun Abutsu (1222?-83), is well known as the author of the Izayoi Nikki, or Diary of Sixteen Nights, recording the events of her arduous trip to Kamakura with the intent of directly appealing to the government. The feud between the Nijo family (represented by Tameuji) and the Reizei family (represented by Tamesuke) did not just concern the proprietary rights over real estate but also that of inheriting the legacy to become head family of the poetry instructors’ house.The fragment of letter was originally owned by the Tayasu family, one of the gosankyo (three branch families of Tokugawa), and the red stamps on the letter shows that it was authentic property of the Tayasu family.
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