Ki no Iratsume

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

In this Japanese name, the surname is Ki.

Biography

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[lower-alpha 1] (紀鹿人).[4] She was married to Prince Aki.[1] The date of her death is unknown.[2]

Poetry

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
    1. Also read Kahito.[3]

    References

    Citations
    1. Digital Daijisen 1998; Nakanishi 1985, p. 228; Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Plus 2015; Suzuki 2001.
    2. Digital Daijisen 1998; Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Plus 2015; Suzuki 2001.
    3. Suzuki 2001.
    4. Nakanishi 1985, p. 228; Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Plus 2015; Suzuki 2001.
    5. Nakanishi 1985, p. 228.
    6. Nakanishi 1985, p. 228; Suzuki 2001.

    Works cited
    • "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.
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