In 1280, Tamekane began serving Imperial Prince Hirohito (who later became Emperor Fushimi), and the style of waka poetry in which he instructed the Imperial Prince and his close associates came to be known as the Kyogoku school.
1280年（弘安3年）東宮煕仁親王（後の伏見天皇）に出仕し、東宮及びその側近らに和歌を指導して京極派と称された。