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.[1]

Kamochi Masazumi's Man'yōshū Kogi (万葉集古義)[2] speculates that she was the elder sister of Princess Nukata.[3] She exchanged sōmonka with Fujiwara no Kamatari,[4] and the Kōfukuji Engi (興福寺縁起)[2] records that she was his wife.[5]

She died in 683.[3]

Poetry

Poems 92, 93, 489, 1419, and 1607 in the Man'yōshū are attributed to her.[2]

References

Citations
  1. Aoki 1998; Daijirin 2006; Daijisen 1998; Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Plus 2015; Seisenban Nihon Kokugo Daijiten 2006.
  2. Nakanishi 1985, p. 220.
  3. 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.
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