Nakatsukasa

Nakatsukasa by Kanō Yasunobu, 1648

Nakatsukasa (中務, 912–991) was a Japanese Waka poet from the middle Heian period.

Nakatsukasa was the granddaughter of Emperor Uda and the daughter of poet Lady Ise and Prince Atsuyoshi.[1] She is one of five women numbered as one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals. (She married another of the famous thirty-six, Minamoto no Saneakira (源信明).

Many of her poems are included in the Japanese imperial poetry anthology Gosen Wakashū (後撰和歌集), issued in 951.

External links

• Nakatsukasa's poetry online in Japanese

References

1. "Lady Ise • . A History . . of Japan . 日本歴史". . A History . . of Japan . 日本歴史. Retrieved 2023-03-19.