Fujiwara no Iratsume (藤原郎女; dates unknown) was a Japanese noblewoman and waka poet of the Nara period.
Biography edit
Fujiwara no Iratsume's birth and death dates are unknown, as is her actual given name. (Iratsume means "young woman" or "daughter".)
The Man'yōshū Kogi (万葉集古義) speculates that she was the daughter of Fujiwara no Maro and perhaps Ōtomo no Sakanoue no Iratsume.[1]
Poetry edit
References edit
Citations edit
- ^ Nakanishi 1985, p. 270.
- ^ Nakanishi 1985, p. 271.
Works cited edit
- Nakanishi, Susumu (1985). Man'yōshū Jiten (Man'yōshū zen'yakuchū genbun-tsuki bekkan) (paperback ed.). Tokyo: Kōdansha. ISBN 978-4-06-183651-8.