Fujiwara no Iratsume

Fujiwara no Iratsume (藤原郎女; dates unknown) was a Japanese noblewoman and waka poet of the Nara period.

Biography

Fujiwara no Iratsume's birth and death dates are unknown, as is her true given name. (Iratsume means "young woman" or "daughter".)

The Man'yōshū Kogi (万葉集古義) speculates that she was the daughter of Fujiwara no Maro and perhaps Ōtomo no Sakanoue no Iratsume.[1]

Poetry

Poem 766 in the Man'yōshū is attributed to her.[2]

References

Citations
  1. Nakanishi 1985, p. 270.
  2. Nakanishi 1985, p. 271.

Works cited
  • Nakanishi, Susumu (1985). Man'yōshū Jiten (Man'yōshū zen'yakuchū genbun-tsuki bekkan) (paperback ed.). Tokyo: Kōdansha. ISBN 978-4-06-183651-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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