後京極摂政前太政大臣

Japanese

Kanji in this term
後	京	極	摂	政	前	太	政	大	臣
ご Grade: 2	きょう Grade: 2	ごく Grade: 4	せつ > せっ Grade: S	しょう Grade: 5	さき Grade: 2	だい Grade: 2	しょう > じょう Grade: 5	だい Grade: 1	じん Grade: 4
goon			kan’yōon	goon	kun’yomi	kan’yōon	goon

Etymology

Gokyōgoku refers to the 後京極流 (Gokyōgoku-ryū), a school of calligraphy founded by Yoshitsune.

Proper noun

後京極摂政前太政大臣 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 後京極攝政前太政大臣, hiragana ごきょうごくせっしょうさきのだいじょうだいじん, rōmaji Gokyōgoku Sesshō Saki no Daijō-daijin, historical hiragana ごきやうごくせつしやうさきのだいじやうだいじん)

courtesy title of Kujō (Fujiwara no) Yoshitsune, Heian-Kamakura period court nobleman and poet
- 1205, Shin Kokin Wakashū (book 5, poem 518 by the Gokyōgoku Regent and former Chancellor [Yoshitsune]), text here (also Hyakunin Isshu, peom 91)
  きりぎりす鳴 (な)くや霜 (しも)夜 (よ)のさむしろに衣 (ころも)かたしきひとりかも寝 (ね)む
  kirigirisu naku ya shimoyo no samushiro ni koromo katashiki hitori ka mo nen
  A cricket cries out near my straw mattress, in the cold of a frosty night―as I spread my single robe to spend the night alone.[1]
Synonym: 後京極殿 (Gokyōgoku-dono)

References

Steven D. Carter (1991) Traditional Japanese Poetry: An Anthology, illustrated edition, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 235

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[1] Steven D. Carter (1991) Traditional Japanese Poetry: An Anthology, illustrated edition, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 235