Empress Jitō
Item
Author
Empress Jitō
Location
Fujiwara-kyo,Yamato (present day Kashihara, Nara prefecture)
Dates
645-702
Biography
Empress Jito ruled from 689 to 695 following the death of her husband, Emperor Tenmu. Both the Man'yoshu and Hyakunin Isshu contain poems attributed to her. She ruled from Fujiwara-kyo (present-day Kashihara, Nara prefecture).
Languages
Japanese
Genres
Poetry
Editions and Translations
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.
