He was a man of great learning who was given the transmission of the secret traditions of the Kokinshu, known as Kokin Denju, from Saneki SANJONISHI, the Nijo school successor and instructor who followed Teika FUJIWARA's poetic style, and he also brought to a peak the poetic criticism of the early modern period. また、藤原定家の歌道を受け継ぐ二条流の歌道伝承者三条西実枝から古今伝授を受け近世歌学を大成させた文化人でもあった。 |