(also written Eifuku-mon In) or was a celebrated Japanese

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral or writte ...

of the

Kamakura period The is a period of Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura by the first ''shōgun'' Minamoto no Yoritomo after the conclusion of the Genpei War, which saw the struggle bet ...

, and a consort of the 92nd emperor, Fushimi. She was a member of the , and her work appears in the '' Gyokuyōshū''. On 23 June 1316 (5th year of Shōwa), she took tonsure as a Buddhist nun and given the Dharma name Shin'nyo Gen (真如源).

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