Fujiwara no Tamekane

Kyogoku Tamekane (Japanese京 极 为 兼; * 1254, † April 16, 1332 in the province of Kawachi ), after his clan and Fujiwara no Tamekane (藤原 为 兼), was a Japanese poet and politician.

He was the son of Kyogoku Tamenori and the grandson of the poet Fujiwara no Tameie.

Kyogoku Tamekane was a confidant of Fushimi Tenno from the imperial Jimyoin line that rivaled Daikakuji - line for power, which meant that he was banished in 1298 for reasons unclear from the Kamakura shogunate to Sado. His return was allowed in 1303 and he made it back to the post of Gon - Dainagon to rise, but was again banned from the shogunate in 1315, this time to Tosa.

On behalf of the Tennō Fushimi he compiled the imperial collection of poems Gyokuyō - Wakashū with more than 2500 Waka, which he completed in 1312. The 1278 finished imperial anthology contains 132 Shokushūishū his waka.

Some of his poems are in the collection Tamekane - kyō kashu, a compilation from the late 15th century obtained as three of his intricately linked acrostics, reminiscent in their geometric shape to the modern concrete poetry.

He was the founder of the school of poets Kyogoku -ha, who stood in rivalry to Nijo -ha, which was founded by his uncle Nijo Tameuji.