Kujō Motoie

• • Period: Kamakura Period
  • Occupation: Poet
  • Family: Kujō Yoshitsune (father) Kujō Michiie (brother) Kujō Noriie (brother) Kujō Risshi (sister)
  • irth: 13th Century
  • Death: –

Kujō Motoie

Kujō Motoie (九条 基家) was a member of the Kujō Family, a descendant of the Fujiwara Clan living in the 13th century. He was a known poet and with Fujiwara no Mitsutoshi authored the Zoku kokin wakashū.¹

He was the son of Kujō Yoshitsune.²

Footnotes

1. Louis Frederic, translated by Kathe Roth (2002) “Japan Encyclopedia”. London: Harvard University Press.
2. Kodansha. (1993) ”Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia”. Tokyo: Kodansha Ltd.

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