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Kojijū (小侍従; 1121–1202 CE) (also Matsuyoi no Kojijū)^[1] was a waka poet and Japanese noblewoman active in the late Heian period.^[2]^[3] As a lady-in-waiting, she served the Empress Fujiwara Tako.^[4] During this time, courtiers were expected to be skilled poets, and a great deal of court life involved composing and exchanging poetry, as well as participating in poetry contests.^[1] Kojijū is designated a member of the Female Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry (女房三十六歌仙, Nyōbō Sanjūrokkasen). She left a private collection of poems titled the Kojijū-shū.^[5]

Contemporaries noted her for her especial skill in composing poems that exactly suited the situation, particularly when writing a verse as a response to someone else's verse.^[4]

In 1179, she became a Buddhist nun.

References

^ ^a ^b McAuley, Thomas E. (2019-12-02). The Poetry Contest in Six Hundred Rounds (2 vols): A Translation and Commentary. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-41129-6.
^ Carpenter, John T.; McCormick, Melissa; Bincsik, Monika; Kinoshita, Kyoko; Midori, Sano (2019-03-04). The Tale of Genji: A Japanese Classic Illuminated. Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN 978-1-58839-665-5.
^ Laffin, Christina (2013-01-31). Rewriting Medieval Japanese Women: Politics, Personality, and Literary Production in the Life of Nun Abutsu. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-3785-3.
^ ^a ^b Pandey, Rajyashree (2016-01-31). Perfumed Sleeves and Tangled Hair: Body, Woman, and Desire in Medieval Japanese Narratives. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-5355-6.
^ Morimoto 1983, p. 608.

Works cited

Morimoto, Motoko (1983). "Kojijū-shū". Nihon Koten Bungaku Daijiten 日本古典文学大辞典 (in Japanese). Vol. 2. Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten. pp. 607–608. OCLC 11917421.

External links

E-text of her poems in Japanese

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[:0-1] McAuley, Thomas E. (2019-12-02). The Poetry Contest in Six Hundred Rounds (2 vols): A Translation and Commentary. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-41129-6.

[2] Carpenter, John T.; McCormick, Melissa; Bincsik, Monika; Kinoshita, Kyoko; Midori, Sano (2019-03-04). The Tale of Genji: A Japanese Classic Illuminated. Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN 978-1-58839-665-5.

[3] Laffin, Christina (2013-01-31). Rewriting Medieval Japanese Women: Politics, Personality, and Literary Production in the Life of Nun Abutsu. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-3785-3.

[:1-4] Pandey, Rajyashree (2016-01-31). Perfumed Sleeves and Tangled Hair: Body, Woman, and Desire in Medieval Japanese Narratives. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-5355-6.

[FOOTNOTEMorimoto1983608-5] Morimoto 1983, p. 608.

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 In 1179, she became a Buddhist nun.

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