Sources for the life of Nijō Tamemichi include the anthologies collecting his poems themselves such as the Shinshūi Wakashū,[1] the Shokusenzai Wakashū,[1] the Dairi Gyoe Waka (内裏御会和歌)[1] and the Tōyōshū (藤葉集),[1] as well as historical and genealogical works such as Sonpi Bunmyaku,[1] and diaries such as Towazugatari[1] and Hare no Gyoe Burui-ki (晴御会部類記).
[1] At the height of his political career, he had attained the Senior Fourth Rank, Lower Grade,[1] and held the position of Provisional Middle Captain of the Left (権左中将).
[1] In 1289 he was given the additional title of Provisional Vice-Governor of Bitchū Province (備中権介 Bichū no gon-no-suke),[1] and in 1293 he received the further additional titles of Provisional Assistant Master of the Consort's Household (中宮権亮 chūgū gon-no-suke) and Provisional Vice-Governor of Mino Province (美濃権介 Mino no gon-no-suke)[1] He died on the fifth day of the fifth month of Shōan 1 (1299),[1] at the age of 29 by Japanese reckoning.
The kanji for Tamemichi is conventionally written "為道", but some sources such as the Sonpi Bunmyaku give "為通".
[1] He is thought to have also been the composer of the banquet song Natori-gawa no koi (名取河恋), under the pseudonym "Reizei Harin".