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Yūshi Naishinno-ke no Kii (Ichinomiya no Kii)

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Author

Yūshi Naishinno-ke no Kii (Ichinomiya no Kii)

Location

Heian-kyo (modern day Kyoto)

Dates

fl. 1113

Biography

Known also as Ichinomiya no Kii, Yūshi Naishinno-ke no Kii was the daughter of Taira no Tsunekata and Lady Koben. She participated in numerous contests and has thirty one poems in imperial anthologies from the GoShuishu. One of her poems is also included in 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.]

Works

Ichinomiya no Kii Shu, poetry

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.

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