Nijà  Tameuji (äºÂæ¡çºæ°Â, 1222âÂÂ1286), also known as Fujiwara no Tameuji (è¤åÂÂçºæ°Â), was a Japanese courtier and waka poet of the mid-Kamakura period. His Dharma name was Kakua (è¦Âé¿).
Nijà  Tameuji was born in 1222. His father was Fujiwara no Tameie, and his mother was a daughter of Utsunomiya Yoritsuna. He was Tameie's eldest son, and a grandson of Fujiwara no Teika. He was not known as Nijà  in his early life; he received this moniker from his son Tameyo.
At the height of his political career, he had attained the Senior Second Rank, and held the position of Provisional Major Counselor (gon-dainagon).
He entered Buddhist orders in 1285, acquiring the Dharma name Kakua. He died on 3 October 1286, or the fourteenth day of the ninth month of KÃ Âan 9.
He was the father of Nijà  Tameyo, Nijà  Tamezane and Nijà  Jà Âi.
Tameuji learned waka composition from his father Tameie and his grandfather Teika, who between them had compiled three of the imperial anthologies. He was the founder of the conservative Nijà  poetic school.
In 1247, he took part in the Hyakusanjà «-ban Uta-awase (ç¾ä¸ÂÃ¥ÂÂçªæÂÂÃ¥ÂÂ), and the following year in the Hà Âji Hyakushu (å®Âæ²»ç¾é¦Â).
In 1278, on the command of Retired Emperor Kameyama, he compiled the Shokushà «i Wakashà «. He may have also compiled the Shin Wakashà «, although other theories as to its compiler's identity have been proposed.
As the heir to the prestigious Mikohidari house, he was a central figure of the waka society of his day. His disagreements with his brother Tamenori and stepmother Abutsu-ni, however, gave rise to the split between the Nijà Â, Kyà Âgoku and Reizei poetic schools, the latter two of which were founded by his brothers Tamenori and Tamesuke, respectively. He had a bitter dispute with his stepmother over valuable manuscripts related to the waka traditions, as well as the inheritance of his father's landholdings.
Among his most famous poems is the following, which was included in the Shokugosen Wakashà «, compiled by his father Tameie.
He left a private collection, the Dainagon Tameuji-kyà  Shà « (大ç´Âè¨Âçºæ°Âå¿éÂÂ), which collects the poems of both Tameuji himself and his son Tameyo.