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Akazome Emon 赤染 衛門 (ca. 960–ca. 1041) Daughter of Akazome no Tokimochi (or possibly of her mother’s first husband, Taira no Kanemori); wife of Ōe no Masahira. Mother of Ōe no Takachika. Served Jōtōmon’in Shōshi, consort of Emperor Ichijō, as well as Shōshi’s mother Rinshi, wife of Fujiwara no Michinaga. In 1033 she composed screen poems in celebration of Rinshi’s seventi- eth birthday. She participated in a number of utaawase during the 1030s and 1040s, and her personal poetry collection, Akazome emon shū, is extant. Credited with the author- ship of Eiga monogatari (A Tale of Flowering Fortunes). 923, 1179, 1380/1379, 1491/1489, 1580/1578, 1687/1685, 1731/1729, 1819, 1820, 1972/1973

Anpō hōshi 安法 法師 (mid-Heian) Son of Minamoto no Hajime, his lay name was Minamoto no Shitagō. Became Abbott of the Tennōji in 980. 1471, 1568, 1661

Anpō hōshi no musume See Daughter of Anpō hōshi.

Arakida no Ujiyoshi 荒木田 氏良 (1153–1222) Ujiyoshi was the younger brother of Mitsuyoshi (Ren’a), teacher of Saigyō. An associate of and his circle, he was instrumental in arranging the dedication of hundred-poem sequences to Ise Shrine, where he was a priest. 233

Ariwara no Motokata 在原 元方 (d. 953) Grandson of and son of Governor of Chikuzen Muneyana, Moto- kata was an active poet and participant in many utaawase in the early tenth century. 1617/1615

Ariwara no Narihira 在原 業平 (825–880) Fifth son of Prince Abo, son of Emperor Heizei, and Princess Ito, daughter of . In 826 he and his elder brother Yukihira were made commoners and given the Ariwara surname. Narihira came to be seen as a model of courtly beauty and amorous- ness, and he is generally thought to be the protagonist of the mid-tenth century Ise monogatari (Tales of Ise), which incorporates many of his poems. One of the six poetic immortels () identified by in the Japanse Preface to the Kokinshū. A collection of his poetry, the Ariwara shū, is extant. 105, 851, 903, 904, 994, 1080, 1151, 1409/1408, 1410/1409, 1590/1588, 1591/1589, 1616/1614

Ariwara no Yukihira 在原 行平 (818–893) Second son of Prince Abo, son of Emperor Heizei, and Princess Ito, daughter of Em- peror Kanmu. In 826 he and his brothers were made commoners and given the

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Ariwara surname. Sponsor of the oldest extant utaawase, “Zaiminbukyō no ie no utaa- wase” (The Poetry Contest Held at the Residence of the Minister of Popular Affairs). Yukihira is mentioned in the Chinese Preface to the Kokinshū for his skill in Chinese verse. 1651/1649

Atsumi no Ōkimi 敦見 王 (fl. ca. 749–755) Prince Atsumi was a son of Prince Toneri. Three of his poems appear in the Man’yōshū, but this Shinkokinshū poem is the only one to be included in an imperial anthology. 161

Atsumichi Shinnō 敦道 親王 (981–1007) Prince Atsumichi was fourth son of Emperor Reizei and Choshi, daughter of Fujiwara no Kaneie. The story of his love affair with Izumi Shikibu is related in the Izumi Shikibu nikki (Diary of Izumi Shikibu). 1169

Ben 便 (late eleventh century) Served at the court of Gotoba. Daughter of Seishō, abbot of the Ishikiyomizu Shrine. Niece of Matsuyoi no Kojijū and sister of Kōshō. 1393/1392

Ben no menoto 弁の乳母 (ca. 995–ca. 1078) Daughter of Fujiwara no Masatoki, Governor of Kaga, her given name was Meishi. Wife of Fujiwara no Kanetsune and mother of Akitsuna. Became nurse to Yōmeimon’in, daughter of Emperor Sanjō and consort of Gosuzaku. Participated in a number of po- etry contests and left a personal poetry collection, the Ben no menoto shū. 192, 821

Bifukumon’in no Kaga 美福門院 加賀 (1123?–1193) Also known as the Mother of (Fujiwara no Tadaie no ason no haha), she was a daughter of Fujiwara no Chikatada. Her first husband was Fujiwara no Tame- kiyo, by whom she had a son, Takanobu. She and her second husband Fujiwara no Shunzei were the parents of Hachijōin Sanjō, Nariie, and Teika. Shinkokinshū poems 766, 788, and 796 were written in mourning for her. 1233

Chōe 朝恵 (d. 1187) Monk at Kōfukuji. Author of a number of collections of and writings about , in- cluding Gengyoku wakashū and Fuboku wakashō, and participant in several utaawase. 504