Shirome
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Shirome (白女) was a minor female Japanese waka poet, who lived during the 10th century CE.[1][2]
She was born in Eguchi, Settsu Province (摂津国江口, modern day Osaka) and thought to be a daughter of a minor aristocrat Settsunokuni Tamabuchi (摂津国玉淵).[3] Her occupation was an asobi/yujo (遊女), often translated as courtesan.[4] Later in history the terms asobi/yujo frequently indicated someone who did sex work, however during the Heian period (794-1185) the terms often referred to a woman who was trained in the art of singing and dancing - similar to the latter day Geisha.[5] Her performance in front of an abdicated emperor is recorded in a book Okagami (大鏡), The Great Mirror, and other sources.[6]
A poem of hers was included in the Kokin Wakashū:[7]
- If I were only sure
- I could live as long as I wanted to,
- I would not have to weep
- at parting from you.
命だに心にかなふ物ならばなにか別れの悲しからまし
References
[edit]- ^ Brocade by Night: 'Kokin Wakashu' and the Court Style in Japanese Classical Poetry. Stanford University Press. October 1985. ISBN 978-0-8047-6645-6.
- ^ McCullough, Helen Craig (1985). Kokin Wakashu: The First Imperial Anthology of Japanese Poetry: With 'Tosa Nikki' and 'Shinsen Waka'. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-1258-3.
- ^ Fiévé, Nicolas (2003), "Social Discrimination and Architectural Freedom in the Pleasure District of Kyoto in Early Modern Japan", Japanese Capitals in Historical Perspective, Routledge, doi:10.4324/9781315020662-4&type=chapterpdf (inactive 2024-04-27), ISBN 978-1-315-02066-2, retrieved 2024-04-14
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: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of April 2024 (link) - ^ Nikolaevna, Trubnikova Nadezhda (2019). "Once Again About the "Miraculous Power of Waka": Setsuwa Tales About Poets in the Jikkinshō". Russian Japanology Review. 2 (2): 66–91. ISSN 2658-6444.
- ^ Goodwin, Janet R. (2006-12-31). Selling Songs and Smiles: The Sex Trade in Heian and Kamakura Japan. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-6425-5.
- ^ Seigle, Cecilia Segawa (1993-03-01). Yoshiwara: The Glittering World of the Japanese Courtesan. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-1488-5.
- ^ Sato, Hiroaki (1977). "Review of The Burning Heart: Women Poets of Japan". The Journal of the Association of Teachers of Japanese. 12 (2/3): 281–284. doi:10.2307/489170. ISSN 0885-9884. JSTOR 489170.
- Kenneth Rexroth, Ikuko Atsumi, Woman poets of Japan, 1977, pgs. 19 & 142 ISBN 0-8112-0820-6; previously published as The Burning Heart by The Seabury Press.
- "Shadows of Transgression: Heian and Kamakura Constructions of Prostitution" by Janet R. Goodwin. Monumenta Nipponica, Vol. 55, No. 3 (Autumn, 2000), pp. 327–368
External links
[edit]- https://web.archive.org/web/20070928002346/http://www.earlywomenmasters.net/masters/poets/bibliography.html
- http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~sg2h-ymst/yamatouta/sennin/sirome.html