Kishi Joō
Japanese female poet in Heian period; consort of emperor Murakami
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| Intro | Japanese female poet in Heian period; consort of emperor Murakami | ||||||
| A.K.A. | Kishi Joō Prince Kishi Yoshiko-joō Yoshiko Joō Prince Yoshiko | ||||||
| A.K.A. | Kishi Joō Prince Kishi Yoshiko-joō Yoshiko Joō Prince Yoshiko | ||||||
| Places | Japan | ||||||
| is | Poet | ||||||
| Work field | Literature | ||||||
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Kishi Joō (929–985, 徽子女王, also Yoshiko Joō 承香殿女御 Jokyōden Joō or 斎宮女御 Saigū no Nyōgo) was a Japanese Waka poet of the middle Heian period. She is one of only five women numbered as one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals. As her name implies, she was a Princess of the Imperial Family of Japan.
Many of her poems are included in the third Japanese imperial poetry anthology, Shūi Wakashū, issued in 1006.