Background
Tameshige no Fujiwara was born in 1334. He wa the grandson of Tameyo and son of Tamefuyu.
Tameshige no Fujiwara was born in 1334. He wa the grandson of Tameyo and son of Tamefuyu.
He was appointed Gon Chunagon (secretary to Vice-Minister) and succeeded Tameto in the task of compiling the Shin GoOui-Uctkashu Anthology. He was killed when attacked by a ruffian in 1385. Since his time the Nijo family which enjoyed public esteem as the head family of waka poetry since the Kamakura Perioa began to decline.
