Michitsuna's mother
Fujiwara no Michitsuna no Haha 藤原道綱母 | |
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Born | 935 |
Died | 995 |
Nationality | Japanese |
Parents | (father) |
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Fujiwara no Michitsuna no Haha (藤原道綱母, c. 935–995) was a Heian period writer in Japan.[1] She is one of the (The Three Beauties of Japan). Her true name is unknown to history.
Name[]
While her true name is unknown to history, she is known by the name "Fujiwara no Michitsuna no Haha", that literally translates to "Fujiwara no Michitsuna's mother".
Career[]
She is a member of the Thirty-six Medieval Poetry Immortals (中古三十六歌仙, chūko sanjurokkasen).
She wrote the Kagerō Nikki, a classic of Japanese literature, about her troubled marriage to Fujiwara no Kaneie who served as Sesshō and Kampaku.
Descendants[]
- Michitsuna (道綱) (955–1020)
References[]
- ^ Mulhern, Chieko Irie, ed. (1994). Japanese Women Writers: A Bio-critical Sourcebook. Greenwood Publishing. pp. 61–69. ISBN 9780313254864.
Categories:
- 10th-century Japanese women writers
- 10th-century writers
- 995 deaths
- Fujiwara clan
- 10th-century deaths
- Japanese diarists
- Japanese women writers
- Women of medieval Japan
- People of Heian-period Japan
- Women diarists
- Hyakunin Isshu poets
- 10th-century Japanese people
- Unidentified people
- Pseudonymous writers
- Pseudonymous women writers
- Japanese writer stubs