Kume no Wakame
Kume no Wakame was a Japanese muraji and mother of Fujiwara no Momokawa, whose daughter became the Empress (posthumously) of Emperor Heizei, the 51st emperor of Japan. She married Fujiwara no Umakai, who died in the smallpox epidemic of 737, five years after Momokawa was born. In the third month of Tenpyō 11 (739), she had an affair with Isonokami no Otomaro and was exiled to Shimōsa Province.
Kume no Wakame
- Name
- Kume no Wakame
- Born
- Unknown
- Died
- 780 7 30
- Spouse
- Fujiwara no Umakai Kume
- Nationality
- Japan
- Occupation
- poet · writer
- Languages
- Japanese
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Kume no Wakame was a Japanese muraji and mother of Fujiwara no Momokawa, whose daughter became the Empress (posthumously) of Emperor Heizei, the 51st emperor of Japan. She married Fujiwara no Umakai, who died in the smallpox epidemic of 737, five years after Momokawa was born. In the third month of Tenpyō 11 (739), she had an affair with Isonokami no Otomaro and was exiled to Shimōsa Province.
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This caused a scandal which caused Isonokami to lose his standing and influence. In the sixth month of Tenpyō 12 (740), she was summoned to Kyoto, offered amnesty, and appointed to the rank of jugoi within the imperial court. She eventually moved up to the rank of jushii before she died in the sixth month of Hōki 11 (780). Between 733 and 741, she exchanged poetry with Atsumi no Ōkimi under the name lit. "the prostitute of Kume". These can be found in volume eight of the Man'yōshū.
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• Name — Kume no Wakame • Born — Unknown • Died — 780 7 30 • Title — Muraji, jugoi, jushii • Heir — Fujiwara no Momokawa • Spouse — Fujiwara no Umakai Kume
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