Michitsuna's Mother
Fujiwara no Michitsuna no Haha (藤原道綱母, 935–995) was a waka poet in the Mid Heian period. She was in her mid-thirties when she began to write her journal ''Kagerō Nikki,'' written in a combination of waka poems and prose. Her diary gave access to a woman's experience of a thousand years ago, with poems she recorded which vividly recall the past. These poems conveyed the life of a noblewoman during the Heian Period. She is one of the '' Nihon Sandai Bijin'' (The Three Beauties of Japan). Her true name is unknown to history. Name While her true name is unknown to history, she is known by the name "Fujiwara no Michitsuna no Haha," that translates to "Fujiwara clan's Michitsuna's Mother". Life She was the daughter of a provincial governor, Fujiwara no Tomoyasu, a member of the middle-ranking aristocracy of the Heian period (794–1185) from which were drawn men who served as provincial governors. Due to her lesser nobility, she became a concubine at the age of nin ...
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Ryūryūkyo Shinsai
was a Japanese artist and surimono artist who flourished between 1799 and 1823. He was a student of Hokusai , known simply as Hokusai, was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist of the Edo period, active as a painter and printmaker. He is best known for the woodblock print series '' Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji'', which includes the iconic print ''The Great W .... References External link Japanese painters 19th-century Japanese artists Year of birth missing Year of death missing {{Japan-bio-stub ...
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