Rokujō family
The Rokujō family was a poetically conservative faction in the Japanese Imperial court, founded by Fujiwara no Akisue ; it was the first clan to specialize in attaining power and influence via success in poetry, and was originally opposed to their opposite numbers amongst the Minamoto clan, although later they would be opposed to a more junior branch of the old and puissant Fujiwara family, as represented by Fujiwara no Shunzei and his son, Fujiwara no Teika. It was also known for, besides its conservative views on the composition of poetry, the quality of its scholar's work on old poetry. One of the Rokujō—Fujiwara no Akisuke —compiled the Imperial anthology, the Shika Wakashū.
