early life and background fujiwara no tameyori, a renowned japanese poet and compiler of imperial anthologies, was born in kyoto, japan in 1128. as a member of the nagaie lineage of the northern branch of the fujiwara clan, he was the second son of the poet teika and married to abutsu-ni. contribution to japanese poetry tameyori's work had a significant impact on japanese poetry. he was the central figure in a circle of japanese poets after the jōkyū war in 1221. his three sons, nijō tameuji, kyōgoku tamekane, and takatsukasa mototada, each established rival families of poets—the nijō, the ky…