Kōkamonin no Bettō

Kōkamonin no Bettō in the Ogura Hyakunin isshu.

The Attendant to Empress Kōka (皇嘉門院別当, Kōka-mon'in no Bettō, dates unknown) fl. 12th century CE,^[1] was a waka poet and Japanese noblewoman active in the Heian period.^[2][3][4] She was a daughter of Minamoto no Toshitaka (源俊隆), making her a member of the Minamoto clan, but her given name is unknown.^[1]

She was a lady of the Empress Kōkamon'in, wife of Emperor Sutoku.^[1][2][5]

Poetry

One of her poems is included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu:

難波江の蘆のかりねのひと夜ゆゑ
     身をつくしてや恋ひわたるべき
Naniwa-e no ashi no karine no hitoyo yue
mi o tsukushite ya koiwataru beki
(Senzai Wakashū 13:807)

References

1. Sueki, Fumihiko; Sevilla, Anton Luis (January 2020). "The Philosophy of the Myōken: The Ethics of the Dead and Bodhisattvas". International Journal of Asian Studies. 17 (1): 57–73. doi:10.1017/s1479591420000145. ISSN 1479-5914. S2CID 219064702.
2. Japanese Love Poems. Warm-Soft Village Branch, Langstaff Publications. 1977.
3. Rowbotham, Arnold H.; Rexroth, Kenneth (1956). "One Hundred Poems from the Japanese". Books Abroad. 30 (3): 353. doi:10.2307/40096419. ISSN 0006-7431. JSTOR 40096419.
4. フィットレル, アーロン (March 2023). 和歌における同音異義表現の物象と人事との間の関連性について (Thesis) (in Japanese). Gakushuin University.
5. Mostow, Joshua S. (1996-01-01). Pictures of the Heart: The Hyakunin Isshu in Word and Image. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-1705-3.

External links

• E-text of her poems in Japanese