i need the holiness of words , the grandeur of the great poetry . 祈る人々の聖なる黙想が 私には必要です
like his father , yoritsuna was an outstanding kajin , and by deepening a friendship with fujiwara no sadaie with the same family line , raised the position of the utsunomiya poetry circle to be comparable with the kyoto poetry circle and kamakura poetry circle; he laid the foundation for these circles to be celebrated as the three great poetry circles in japan . 頼綱は父譲りで歌人としても優れており、同族である藤原定家と親交を深め、宇都宮歌壇を京都歌壇、鎌倉歌壇に比肩するほどの地位に引き上げ、これらを合わせて日本三大歌壇と謂わしめる礎を築いた。
furthermore , in november of that year , after the great poetry event , six poets , fujiwara no sadaie (teika ), fujiwara no ariie , minamoto no michitomo , fujiwara no ietaka , fujiwara no masatsune , and jakuren were tasked with organizing an anthology (collection ) of poems by imperial command; this was the start of making " shin-kokin wakashu (new collection of ancient and modem times )" for the imperial court . さらにこのような大規模な企画を経て、同年十一月にはついに藤原定家、藤原有家、源通具、藤原家隆、藤原雅経、寂蓮の六人に勅撰集の命を下し、『新古今和歌集』撰進がはじまった。
