Saionji Saneuji (西園寺実氏 1194 – 7 July 1269) was a waka poet and Japanese nobleman active in the early Kamakura period.[1] He is designated as a member of the New Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry (新三十六歌仙, Shinsanjūrokkasen).

Family

edit

Parents

  • Father: Saionji Kintsune (西園寺公経, 1171 – 24 October 1244)
  • Mother: Ichijō Masako (一条全子), daughter of Ichijō Yoshiyasu (一条能保)

Consorts and issues:

  • Wife: Shijo Sadako (四条貞子, 1196 – 22 October 1302) daughter of Shijo Takahira (四条隆衡)
  • Concubine: Fujiwara Sachiko (藤原幸子), daughter of Fujiwara Chika (藤原親雅)
    • Saionji Kinmoto (西園寺公基, 1220 – 12 January 1275), first son
  • Concubine: Court Lady (家女房)
    • Saionji Kinsuke (西園寺公相, 1223 – 30 October 1267), second son
  • Concubine: Unknown Concubine
    • Dōshō (道勝, d. 1273), third son
    • Dōya (道耀, 1234 – 1304), fourth son
    • Mamorusuke (守助, 1241 – 1295, fifth son
    • Saionji Norikō (西園寺教子), third daughter

See also

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ Groemer, Gerald (28 February 2023). A Year in Seventeenth-Century Kyoto: Edo-Period Writings on Annual Ceremonies, Festivals, and Customs. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-9465-8.
edit