Takashina no Takako (Takashina no Kishi, Kō no Naishi, Gidosanshi no Haha)
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Author
Takashina no Takako (Takashina no Kishi, Kō no Naishi, Gidosanshi no Haha)
Location
Heian-kyo (modern day Kyoto)
Dates
d. 996
Biography
The daughter of Takashina no Naritada, Takashina no Takako was the mother of Sadako, the first empress of Emperor Ichijo and a patron of Sei Shonagon. Five of her poems are included in imperial anthologies as well as 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.
