Sagami (poet)
Sagami (相模, dates unknown[1][2] but born c. 1000[3]), also known as Oto-jijū (乙侍従),[1] was a Japanese waka poet of the mid-Heian period.[1][2] One of her poems was included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu.[3] She produced a private collection, the Sagami-shū (相模集).[2][3]
Biography
She was supposedly a daughter of Minamoto no Yorimitsu.[1][3]
She was married to Ōe no Kin'yori (大江公資, also read Kinsuke.[1]), the governor of Sagami Province.[2][3] She served Prince Shūshi (脩子内親王 Shuushi-naishinnou), one of the sons of Emperor Ichijō.[1]
Poetry
109 of her poems were included in imperial anthologies starting with the Goshūi Wakashū.[1][3] She was included in the Late Classical Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry.[3]
The following poem by her was included as No. 65 in Fujiwara no Teika's Ogura Hyakunin Isshu:
| Japanese text[4] | Romanized Japanese[5] | English translation[6] |
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References
Bibliography
- Keene, Donald (1999). A History of Japanese Literature, Vol. 1: Seeds in the Heart — Japanese Literature from Earliest Times to the Late Sixteenth Century. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-11441-7.
- McMillan, Peter. 2010 (1st ed. 2008). One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each. New York: Columbia University Press.
- Suzuki Hideo, Yamaguchi Shin'ichi, Yoda Yasushi. 2009 (1st ed. 1997). Genshoku: Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. Tokyo: Bun'eidō.
External links
- Sagami's poems in the International Research Center for Japanese Studies's online waka database.
- Sagami-shū in the same database.
- Sagami on Kotobank.