Kujō Yoshitsune

• • Period: Heian Period / Kamakura Period
  • Occupation: Sesshō, Sadaijin, Chancellor, Bureau of Poetry
  • Family: Kujō Kanezane (father) Kujō Michiie (son) Kujō Noriie (son) Kujō Motoie (son) Kujō Risshi (daughter) Kujō Yoshisuke (brother) Kujō Yoshitsune (brother) Kujō Yoshihira (brother) Kujō Ninshi (sister)
  • Birth: 1169AD
  • Death: 1206AD

Kujō Yoshitsune

Kujō Yoshitsune (九条 良経) (Fujiwara no Ryokei?²) was a member of the Kujō Family, a descendant of the Fujiwara Clan, living from 1169-1206AD.

He was the son of Kujō Kanezane and father to Kujō Michiie, Kujō Noriie, Kujō Motoie and Kujō Risshi.¹

During his lifetime he was made Minister of the Left in 1199 and later Regent in 1200, by 1204 he was made Chancellor.

As a member of the Bureau of Poetry he helped in compiling the Shin-kokinshū as well as writing its preface.

We can find 320 poems of his in the Imperial Anthologies as well as in a private collection. He was also included as one of the 36 Poetic Geniuses of the Late Classical Period.²

One of his poems (No.91) can be found in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu and goes as follows:

Footnotes

1. Kodansha. (1993) ”Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia”. Tokyo: Kodansha Ltd.
2. MacMillan, P. (2018) ”One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each: A Treasury of Classical Japanese Verse”. St. Ives: Penguin Classics.
3. Suzuki, H. et al. (1997) ”Genshoku: Ogura Hyakunin Isshu”. Tokyo: Bun’eidō.

	Check out the Japan Archives, our Japanese History Podcast. Instagram (Japan): @japan_archives
	Check out our Gaming Channel on Youtube. Instagram (Minecraft): @mycenria
	Find the website useful? Please consider donating to help up keep the website running.