Kamo no Yasunori no musume
Encyclopedia
was the second daughter of the Heian period
onmyōji Kamo no Yasunori
. She lived during the tenth century. Her personal name is not known.
In her youth, she suffered from a disease that marred her appearance. She became a prolific poet, earning a reputation for her talent. Many of her poems were autobiographical in nature. They are collected as the Kamo no Yasunori no Musume Shū, also known as the Kamo no Yasunori no Jo Shū.
After her lifetime, her poetry faded from study for a time; in 1999, scholar Edith Sarra counted her among "[Japanese] women writers who had been hitherto overlooked or scanted." However, her poems have continued to be republished in collections.
Heian period
The is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. The period is named after the capital city of Heian-kyō, or modern Kyōto. It is the period in Japanese history when Buddhism, Taoism and other Chinese influences were at their height...
onmyōji Kamo no Yasunori
Kamo no Yasunori
Kamo no Yasunori was an onmyōji, a practitioner of onmyōdō, during the Heian period in Japan. He was considered the premier onmyōji of his time.Yasunori was the son of the onmyōji Kamo no Tadayuki...
. She lived during the tenth century. Her personal name is not known.
In her youth, she suffered from a disease that marred her appearance. She became a prolific poet, earning a reputation for her talent. Many of her poems were autobiographical in nature. They are collected as the Kamo no Yasunori no Musume Shū, also known as the Kamo no Yasunori no Jo Shū.
After her lifetime, her poetry faded from study for a time; in 1999, scholar Edith Sarra counted her among "[Japanese] women writers who had been hitherto overlooked or scanted." However, her poems have continued to be republished in collections.