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Ki no Iratsume

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Ki no Iratsume (紀 女郎) was a Japanese noblewoman, princess consort and waka poet of the Nara period.

Biography

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Ki no Iratsume's actual given name was Oshika (小鹿 or 少鹿);[1] iratsume means "daughter" or "young woman". It is unknown when she was born,[2] but her father was the Nara-period courtier Ki no Shikahito[a] (紀鹿人).[4] She was married to Prince Aki.[1] The date of her death is unknown.[2]

Poetry

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Twelve of Ki no Iratsume's poems were included in the Man'yōshū.[4] They are the poems numbered 643, 644, 645, 762, 763, 776, 782, 1452, 1460, 1461, 1648, and 1661,[5] all of them tanka.[6]

Notes

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  1. ^ Also read Kahito.[3]

References

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Citations

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Works cited

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  • "Ki no Iratsume" 紀女郎. Daijisen (in Japanese). Shogakukan. 1998. Retrieved 2019-03-24.
  • Nakanishi, Susumu (1985). Man'yōshū Jiten (Man'yōshū zen'yakuchū genbun-tsuki bekkan) (paperback ed.). Tokyo: Kōdansha. ISBN 978-4-06-183651-8.
  • "Ki no Oshika no Iratsume" 紀少鹿女郎. Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Plus (in Japanese). Kodansha. 2015. Retrieved 2019-03-24.
  • Suzuki, Hideo (2001). "Ki no Iratsume" 紀女郎. Encyclopedia Nipponica (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 2019-03-24.