後京極摂政前太政大臣

See also: 後京極攝政前太政大臣

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
Alternative spelling
後京極攝政前太政大臣 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Literally the “Gokyōgoku Regent and former Chancellor of the Realm”.

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

Proper noun

後(ご)京(きょう)極(ごく)摂(せっ)政(しょう)前(さきの)太(だい)政(じょう)大(だい)臣(じん) • (Gokyōgoku Sesshō Saki no Daijō-daijin) ←ごきやうごくせつしやうさきのだいじやうだいじん (Gokyaugoku Setusyau Saki no Daizyau-daizin)?

  1. courtesy title of Kujō Yoshitsune, Heian-Kamakura period court nobleman and poet
    Synonym: 後京極殿 (Gokyōgoku-dono)
    • 1205, Shin Kokin Wakashū (book 5, poem 518 by the [Gokyōgoku] Regent and Chancellor of the Realm; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 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]

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