Nakatsukasa no Naishi (Fujiwara Noriko, Lady Nakatsukasa)
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Author
Nakatsukasa no Naishi (Fujiwara Noriko, Lady Nakatsukasa)
Location
Heian-kyo (modern day Kyoto)
Dates
fl. 1250-1292
Biography
Nakatsukasa no Naishi, or Lady Nakatsukasa, was the daughter of Fujiwara Nagatsune, a minister of central affairs. Like the earlier poet Nakatsukasa (912-991), the name indicates that a father or husband held position within the Ministry of Central Affairs. Lady Nakatsukasa was promoted to naishi -- maid of honour -- in 1287 to the court of Emperor Fushimi. Lady Nakatsukasa is known for her literary diary which recounts her friendship and poetic exchange with Junii Tameko. [Source:Mulhern, Chieko Irie. Japanese Women Writers: a Bio-critical Sourcebook. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1994.]
Works
Nakatsukasa no Naishi Nikki (The Diary of Lady Nakatsukasa), poetry
Languages
Japanese
Genres
Diary/Memoir, Poetry
Editions and Translations
Keene, Donald. "The Diary of Lady Nakatsukasa." In Travelers of a Hundred Ages. New York: Henry, Holt, 1989, 149-54. ; Niwa, Tameko, tr. "Nakatsukasa Naishi Nikki." Ph.D. diss., Harvard University, 1955.
