his father was tamezumi reizei of the reizei family , a noble renowned for kado (poem versification ). 父は歌道で有名な公家の冷泉家の冷泉為純。
he and razan hayashi were a teacher-pupil relationship: he learned confucianism from razan and he taught razan the art of versification . 林羅山から儒学を学び、逆に歌道を教えるという師弟関係でもあった。
he also worked for iemitsu tokugawa , the third shogun of the edo bakufu (japanese feudal government headed by a shogun ), as an instructor of kado (waka versification ). 幕府3代将軍徳川家光の歌道指南役を勤めている。
being a family of one of the family lineages of a master of nijo school waka poetry , a large number of documents related to kado (the art of versification ) were included .. 二条派歌道の宗匠の家柄の一つでもあったので、歌道に関する文書類が多い。
he was knowledgeable in a wide range of fields such as the art of versification , yusoku-kojitsu (knowledge of court rules , ceremony , decorum and records of the past ), calligraphy , and music , and become a disciple of banzan kumazawa togther with his younger brother , sadayori nonomiya . 歌道・有職故実・書道・音楽など多方面に博識な人物であり、弟の野宮定縁などとともに熊沢蕃山に入門した。
