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Early Women Writers

Inpumon'in no Tayu

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Author

Inpumon'in no Tayu

Location

Heian-kyo (modern day Kyoto)

Dates

1130-1200

Biography

A Japanese noblewoman and one of the Thirty-six female Poetry immortals, her work is featured in numerous imperial anthologies, as well as the Hyakunin Isshu (One hundred poems by one hundred poets.)

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 ; Brower, Robert H., and Earl Miner. Japanese Court Poetry. Stanford, CA: Stanford UP, 1961. ; Mostow, Joshua S. Pictures of the Heart: The Hyakunin Isshu in Word and Image. Honolulu: Hawai'i UP, 1996.

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