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.