Fujiwara no Tametoki

Fujiwara no Tametoki (藤原 為時^?) (died 1029?) was a Japanese aristocrat, author of Japanese waka and Chinese poetry of some repute, and father of Murasaki Shikibu (Lady Murasaki", author of The Tale of Genji, born ca. 970 or 973). Tametoki's position at the Shikibu-shō ministry was what probably became part of his daughter's historical appellation, "Murasaki Shikibu".

Tametoki was well-read and an accomplished poet. Three of his waka poems were selected to the Goshūi Wakashū (1086) and one to the Shin Kokin Wakashū Also thirteen of his Chinese verses are in the anthology Honchō reisō (『』^?) of 1010.

Tametoki served as tutor to the Crown Prince Morosada, and when the prince ascended the throne as Emperor Kazan, he was elevated to shikibu no daijō (^?, "senior secretary of the Ministry of Ceremonials). Tametomo also simultaneously held the office of kurōdo (蔵人^?, "Chamberlain") more specifically rokui no kurōdo (^?, "Chamberlain of the Sixth Rank"). Tametoki's position as kurōdo gained him special privileges to attend court (and thus meet with Emperor Kazan).

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