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Kojijū

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Kojijū (小侍従; 1121–1202) was a waka poet and Japanese noblewoman active in the late Heian period. She is designated as a member of the Female Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry (女房三十六歌仙, Nyōbō Sanjūrokkasen). She left a private collection, the Kojijū-shū.[1]

In 1179, she became a Buddhist nun.

References

  1. ^ 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. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)