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Kayōmon'in no Echizen
Kayōmon'in no
Echizen
was a
waka
poet
and
Japanese
noblewoman
active
in the
Kamakura period
. Her
work
appears
in a large number of
imperial
poetry collections
, including
Shingoshūi Wakashū
,
Senzai Wakashū
,
Shokugosen Wakashū
,
Gyokuyō Wakashū
,
Shinsenzai Wakashū
,
Shinchokusen Wakashū
, and others. She was a member of the Ōnakatomi
clan
. She is
designated
as a member of the
Female
Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry
. She is also known as
Ise
no Nyōbō
.