Nakatsukasa
Illustration — Nakatsukasa by Kanō Yasunobu, 1648 Nakatsukasa (中務, 912–991) was a Japanese Waka poet from the middle Heian period. The granddaughter of Emperor Uda and the daughter of poet Lady Ise and Prince Atsuyoshi. She is one of five women numbered as one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals.
Nakatsukasa
Kanō Yasunobu · Public domain
- Born
- 912
- Died
- 991
- Nationality
- Japan
- Occupation
- poet · writer
- Fields
- poetry
- Languages
- Japanese
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Illustration — Nakatsukasa by Kanō Yasunobu, 1648 Nakatsukasa (中務, 912–991) was a Japanese Waka poet from the middle Heian period. The granddaughter of Emperor Uda and the daughter of poet Lady Ise and Prince Atsuyoshi. She is one of five women numbered as one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals.
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(She married another of the famous thirty-six, Minamoto no Saneakira (源信明). Many of her poems are included in the Japanese imperial poetry anthology Gosen Wakashū (後撰和歌集), issued in 951. She also was responsible for compiling a collection of her mother's poems.
Nakatsukasa is recorded with the occupation writer. Recorded with the occupation poet. Recorded as a citizen of Japan.
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912
Nakatsukasa born.
991
Nakatsukasa died.
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1032806990, Nakatsukasa, Yuji.
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- 1.Persiani, Gian Piero. Poets, Patrons, and the Public: Poetry as Cultural Phenomenon in Courtly Japan. BRILL. 45. 2025-07-28. 978-90-04-74216-1.
- 2.Miner, Earl. The Princeton Companion to Classical Japanese Literature. Princeton University Press. 208. 2020-09-01. 978-0-691-21838-0.
- 3.Lady Ise • . A History . . of Japan . 日本歴史. . A History . . of Japan . 日本歴史.
- 4.Konishi, Jin'ichi. A History of Japanese Literature, Volume 2: The Early Middle Ages. Princeton University Press. 210-211. 2017-03-14. 978-1-4008-8603-6.
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