Nijoin no Sanuki
Item
Author
Nijoin no Sanuki
Location
Heian-kyo (modern day Kyoto)
Dates
1141-1217
Biography
Nijoin no Sanuki was a member of the Minamoto clan, daughter of Minamoto no Yorimasa, and one of the foremost poets of her generation. She was a member of the Late Classical Thirty-Six Poetry Immortals and seventy-three of her poems are included in imperial anthologies. She is also one of the hundred writers of the Hyakunin Isshu (One hundred poems by one hundred poets.)[Source: Mostow, Joshua S. Pictures of the Heart: The Hyakunin Isshu in Word and Image. Honolulu: Hawai'i UP, 1996.]
Languages
Japanese
Genres
Poetry
Editions and Translations
McMilan, Peter. One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each: A Translation of the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. New York: Columbia UP, 2010. ; Mostow, Joshua S. Pictures of the Heart: The Hyakunin Isshu in Word and Image. Honolulu: Hawai'i UP, 1996.
