Princess Kagami

Princess Kagami (鏡王女 Kagami-no-ōkimi) was a Japanese princess and waka poet of the Asuka period.

Biography

It is unknown when the poet known as Princess Kagami was born.

Kamochi Masazumi's Man'yōshū Kogi (万葉集古義) speculates that she was the elder sister of Princess Nukata. She exchanged sōmonka with Fujiwara no Kamatari, and the Kōfukuji Engi (興福寺縁起) records that she was his wife.

She died in 683.

Poetry

Poems 92, 93, 489, 1419, and 1607 in the Man'yōshū are attributed to her.

References

Citations

1. ^ Aoki 1998; Daijirin 2006; Daijisen 1998; Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Plus 2015; Seisenban Nihon Kokugo Daijiten 2006.
2. ^ a b c Nakanishi 1985, p. 220.
3. ^ a b Aoki 1998; Daijirin 2006; Daijisen 1998; Nakanishi 1985, p. 220; Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Plus 2015; Seisenban Nihon Kokugo Daijiten 2006.
4. ^ Daijirin 2006; Nakanishi 1985, p. 220; Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Plus 2015.
5. ^ Aoki 1998; Daijisen 1998; Nakanishi 1985, p. 220; Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Plus 2015; Seisenban Nihon Kokugo Daijiten 2006.

Works cited

• Aoki, Takako (1998). "Kagami-no-ōkimi" 鏡王女. World Encyclopedia (in Japanese). Heibonsha. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
• "Kagami-no-ōkimi" 鏡王女. Daijirin (in Japanese). Sanseidō. 2006. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
• "Kagami-no-ōkimi" 鏡王女. Daijisen (in Japanese). Shogakukan. 1998. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
• Nakanishi, Susumu (1985). Man'yōshū Jiten (Man'yōshū zen'yakuchū genbun-tsuki bekkan) (paperback ed.). Tokyo: Kōdansha. ISBN 978-4-06-183651-8.
• "Kagami-no-joō" 鏡女王. Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Plus (in Japanese). Kodansha. 2015. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
• "Kagami-no-ōkimi" 鏡王女. Seisenban Nihon Kokugo Daijiten (in Japanese). Shogakukan. 2006. Retrieved 2019-04-08.