Taikenmon'in no Horikawa

Taiken-mon'in no Horikawa in the Ogura Hyakunin isshu.

Lady Horikawa, attendant to Empress Taiken (待賢門院堀河, Taiken-mon'in no Horikawa, dates unknown) was a waka poet and Japanese noblewoman active in the Heian period.

A member of the Minamoto clan, her work is also included in the Kin'yō Wakashū.

In 1142, she ordained as a Buddhist nun.

Poetry[]

One of her poems is included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu:

長からむ心もしらず黒髪の
     みだれてけさは物をこそ思へ
nagakaran kokoro mo shirazu kurokami no
midarete kesa wa mono o koso omoe
(Senzai Wakashū 13:802)

External links[]

• E-text of her poems in Japanese

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