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