Early Women Writers

Kasa no Iratsume

Specifics unknown but likely within the modern day Nara or Kyoto prefectures

9th c

Almost nothing is known of Kasa no Iratsume other than that she is credited for twenty-nine love poems addressed to Otomo no Yakamochi. Twenty-four of these are included together in the Man'yoshu.[Source: Sato, Hiroaki. Japanese Women Poets: An Anthology. New York: Routledge, 2015.]

Japanese

Poetry

Sato, Hiroaki. Japanese Women Poets: An Anthology. New York: Routledge, 2015.