Early Women Writers

Sagami (Oto-Jiju)

Heian-kyo (modern day Kyoto), Sagami (present day Kanagawa prefecture)

991- 1061?

Sagami takes her name from the province of Sagami over which her husband, Oe no Kimiyori, governed. Her exact parentage is uncertain, though her mother was married to Minamoto no Yorimitsu. She reluctantly traveled to Sagami province from Kyoto around 1021, and would later dedicate much of her work to Hashiriyu Shrine in Sagami in 1024.

Sagami Shu

Japanese

Poetry

Sato, Hiroaki. Japanese Women Poets: An Anthology. New York: Routledge, 2015. ; McMilan, Peter. One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each: A Translation of the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. New York: Columbia UP, 2010