Lord Fujiwara no Suetsune, Junior Third Rank
従三位藤原朝臣季経 (1131-1221)
Suetsune was the sixth son of Master of the Left Capital Office Fujiwara no Akisuke 藤原顕輔 (1090-1155); his mother was an anonymous lady in his father’s house, with whom his father had another son, Fujiwara no Shige’ie 藤原重家 (1128-1181). By repute, his father was particularly fond of the two brothers, possibly because he would have seen them much more often than his other sons, who would have resided with their mothers. Suetsune had a successful court career, ending as Minister of the Imperial Household, at Senior Third Rank, but he was particularly well-known as a poet, judging the ‘Poetry Contest in 1500 Rounds’, and coming into conflict with Fujiwara no Teika over matters of poetic style.
Suetsune has the following poems in the Roppyaku-ban Uta Awase:
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245 263 269 281 293 301 313 331 341 353 |
361 375 387 403 409 425 435 453 457 471 |
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603 619 625 639 655 665 677 687 697 711 |
721 737 747 759 771 785 793 811 817 831 |
841 859 869 881 891 905 915 925 939 949 |
967 979 993 1005 1017 1023 1039 1047 1059 1075 |
1087 1095 1111 1127 1135 1145 1157 1171 1179 1193 |