Koshikibu no Naishi

Koshikibu no Naishi, from the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu.

Koshikibu no Naishi (小式部内侍, ? - 1025) was a Japanese waka poet of the early eleventh century.[1][2][3] One of her poems was included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu.[1][2][4][5]

Biography

She was the daughter of Izumi Shikibu and Tachibana no Michisada (橘道貞),[1][2][3] the governor of Mutsu.[1]

Starting around 1009,[2] she joined her mother[2][3][4] in serving Empress Shōshi.[1][2][3][4]

A target of many suitors, she eventually married Fujiwara no Kiminari (藤原公成).[2] She bore him a child, but died thereafter, still in her late twenties.[1][2][3]

Poetry

Four[4] of her poems were included in imperial anthologies such as the Goshūi Wakashū and the Kin'yō Wakashū.[1][3]

The following poem by her was included as No. 60 in Fujiwara no Teika's Ogura Hyakunin Isshu:

Japanese text[1]Romanized Japanese[6]English translation[7]
大江山
いく野の道の
遠ければ
まだふみも見ず
天の橋立
Ōe-yama
ikuno no michi no
tookereba
mada fumi mo mizu
ama no hashidate
How could my mother
help me write this poem?
I have neither been
to Ōe Mountain nor Ikuno
nor have any letters
come from her
in a place so far away it's called—
The Bridge to Heaven.

In later literature

Numerous anecdotes about her were incorporated into later treatises on poetry (歌論書 karonsho) and setsuwa collections.[1]

An otogizōshi, Koshikibu, was also written.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Britannica Kokusai Dai-hyakkajiten article "Koshikibu no Naishi". 2007. Britannica Japan Co.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Mypaedia article "Koshikibu no Naishi". 2007. Hitachi Systems & Services.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Digital Daijisen entry "Koshikibu no Naishi". Shogakukan.
  4. 1 2 3 4 McMillan 2010 : 142 (note 60).
  5. Suzuki et al. 2009 : XX.
  6. McMillan 2010 : 167.
  7. McMillan 2010 : 62.

Bibliography

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