Koshikibu no Naishi
Koshikibu no Naishi (小式部内侍, c. 999 – November 1025) was a Japanese waka poet of the early eleventh century.[1][2][3] One of her poems was included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu.[1][2][4][5]
Biography[edit]
She was the daughter of Izumi Shikibu and Tachibana no Michisada (橘道貞),[1][2][3] the governor of Mutsu.[1]
Starting around 1009,[2] she joined her mother[2][3][4] in serving Empress Shōshi.[1][2][3][4]
A target of many suitors, she eventually married Fujiwara no Kiminari (藤原公成).[2] They had a child, but she died thereafter, still in her late twenties.[1][2][3]
Poetry[edit]
Four[4] of her poems were included in imperial anthologies such as the Goshūi Wakashū and the Kin'yō Wakashū.[1][3]
Ōe-yama[edit]
The following poem by her was included as No. 60 in Fujiwara no Teika's Ogura Hyakunin Isshu:
| Japanese text[1] | Romanized Japanese[6] | English translation[7] |
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In later literature[edit]
Numerous anecdotes about her were incorporated into later treatises on poetry (歌論書, karonsho) and setsuwa collections.[1]
An otogizōshi, Koshikibu, was also written.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Britannica Kokusai Dai-hyakkajiten article "Koshikibu no Naishi". 2007. Britannica Japan Co.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Mypaedia article "Koshikibu no Naishi". 2007. Hitachi Systems & Services.
- ^ a b c d e f Digital Daijisen entry "Koshikibu no Naishi". Shogakukan.
- ^ a b c d McMillan 2010 : 142 (note 60).
- ^ Suzuki et al. 2009 : XX.
- ^ McMillan 2010 : 167.
- ^ McMillan 2010 : 62.
Bibliography[edit]
- Keene, Donald (1999). A History of Japanese Literature, Vol. 1: Seeds in the Heart — Japanese Literature from Earliest Times to the Late Sixteenth Century. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-11441-7.
- McMillan, Peter. 2010 (1st ed. 2008). One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231143998
- Suzuki Hideo, Yamaguchi Shin'ichi, Yoda Yasushi. 2009 (1st ed. 1997). Genshoku: Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. Tokyo: Bun'eidō.
