Koshikibu no Naishi
Illustration — Koshikibu no Naishi, from the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. A Japanese waka poet of the early eleventh century. One of her poems was included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu.
Koshikibu no Naishi
Kobayashi Kiyochika · https: 東京都立図書館 · Public domain
- Born
- 999 · Inaba Province.
- Died
- 1025
- Nationality
- Japan
- Occupation
- naishi-no-jō · poet · writer
- Languages
- Japanese
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Illustration — Koshikibu no Naishi, from the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. A Japanese waka poet of the early eleventh century. One of her poems was included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu.
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Koshikibu no Naishi (999–1025) was a Japanese naishi-no-jō, Naishi-no-jō and poet, among other activities. The naishi-no-jō was born in Inaba Province. Languages used include Japanese.
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Biography
Biography
She was the daughter of Izumi Shikibu and Tachibana no Michisada, the governor of Mutsu. Starting around 1009, she joined her mother in serving Empress Shōshi. A target of many suitors, she eventually married Fujiwara no Kiminari. They had a child, but she died thereafter, still in her late twenties.
Poetry
Poetry
Four of her poems were included in imperial anthologies such as the Goshūi Wakashū and the Kin'yō Wakashū.
Ōe-yama
Ōe-yama
The following poem by her was included as No. 60 in Fujiwara no Teika's Ogura Hyakunin Isshu: • Japanese text — Romanized Japanese — English translation •:大江山:いく野の道の:遠ければ:まだふみも見ず:天の橋立 —:Ōe-yama:ikuno no michi no:tookereba:mada fumi mo mizu:ama no hashidate —:How could my mother:help me write this poem?:I have neither been:to Ōe Mountain nor Ikuno:nor have any letters:come from her:in a place so far away it's called—:The Bridge to Heaven.
In later literature
Numerous anecdotes about her were incorporated into later treatises on poetry and setsuwa collections. An otogizōshi, Koshikibu, was also written.
Woodblock print, oban tate-e. Shuten-doji with his two sons on a terrace beneath a lantern, Oeyama in the background.
Print artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川国芳)
Woodblock print.Classical literature. Demon Lord of Oe-yama, on terrace with two attendants. Poem.
Print artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川国芳)
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- 1.Britannica Kokusai Dai-hyakkajiten article "Koshikibu no Naishi". 2007. Britannica Japan Co.
- 2.Mypaedia article "Koshikibu no Naishi". 2007. Hitachi Systems & Services.
- 3.Digital Daijisen entry "Koshikibu no Naishi". Shogakukan.
- 4.McMillan 2010 : 142 (note 60).
- 5.Suzuki et al. 2009 : XX.
- 6.McMillan 2010 : 167.
- 7.McMillan 2010 : 62.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 3
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- McMillan, Peter. 2010 (1st ed. 2008). One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each. New York: Columbia University Press.
- Suzuki Hideo, Yamaguchi Shin'ichi, Yoda Yasushi. 2009 (1st ed. 1997). Genshoku: Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. Tokyo: Bun'eidō.
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