Koshikibu no Naishi


Koshikibu no Naishi was a Japanese waka poet of the early eleventh century. One of her poems was included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu.

Biography

She was the daughter of Izumi Shikibu and Tachibana no Michisada, the governor of Mutsu.
Starting around 1009, she joined her mother in serving Empress Shōshi.
A target of many suitors, she eventually married Fujiwara no Kiminari. She bore him a child, but died thereafter, still in her late twenties.

Poetry

Four of her poems were included in imperial anthologies such as the Goshūi Wakashū and the Kin'yō Wakashū.

''Ōe-yama''

The following poem by her was included as No. 60 in Fujiwara no Teika's Ogura Hyakunin Isshu:

In later literature

Numerous anecdotes about her were incorporated into later karonsho and setsuwa collections.
An otogizōshi, Koshikibu, was also written.