Nakatsukasa (中務, 912–991) was a Japanese

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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 wri ...

from the middle

Heian period The is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. It followed the Nara period, beginning when the 50th emperor, Emperor Kanmu, moved the capital of Japan to Heian-kyō (modern Kyoto). means "peace" in Japanese ...

. Nakatsukasa was the granddaughter of Emperor Uda and the daughter of poet

Lady Ise , also known as , was a Japanese poet in the Imperial court's '' waka'' tradition. She was born to of Ise Province, and eventually became the lover of the and a concubine to Emperor Uda was the 59th emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Ag ...

. She is one of five women numbered as one of the

Thirty-six Poetry Immortals The are a group of Japanese poets of the Asuka, Nara, and Heian periods selected by Fujiwara no Kintō as exemplars of Japanese poetic ability. The oldest surviving collection of the 36 poets' works is '' Nishi Honganji Sanju-rokunin Kash ...

. (She married another of the famous thirty-six,

Minamoto no Saneakira Minamoto no Saneakira (Japanese: 源信明) (910–970) was a middle Heian ''waka'' poet and nobleman. Along with his father Minamoto no Kintada he was designated a member of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals The are a group of Japanese poe ...

(源信明). Many of her poems are included in the Japanese imperial poetry anthology ''

Gosen Wakashū The , often abbreviated as ''Gosenshū'' ("Later Collection"), is an imperial anthology of Japanese waka compiled in 951 at the behest of Emperor Murakami by the Five Men of the Pear Chamber: Ōnakatomi no Yoshinobu (922-991), Kiyohara no Mot ...

'' (後撰和歌集), issued in 951.

External links

Nakatsukasa's poetry online
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