Fujiwara no Teika

• Born: 1162
• Died: 1241
• Japanese: 藤原 定家 (Fujiwara no Teika)

Fujiwara no Teika was a Kamakura period court noble. A son of Fujiwara no Shunzei and Bifukumon-in no Kaga, he was among the most prominent nobles of his time.

In 1234, on imperial orders, he compiled a waka poetry collection known as the Shinchokusen.

Fujiwara no Tameie was among his sons.

References

• Andreas Quast, Okinawan Samurai: The Instructions of a Royal Official to his Only Son, Baden-Württemberg, Germany: Andreas Quast (self-published)(2018), 6.