Nakatomi no Iratsume (中臣女郎; dates unknown) was a Japanese noblewoman and waka poet of the Nara period.
Biography edit
Nakatomi no Iratsume's birth and death dates are unknown, as is her true given name. (Iratsume means "young woman" or "daughter".)
She was one of the many women around Ōtomo no Yakamochi.[1]
Poetry edit
Poems 675, 676, 677, 678, and 679 in the Man'yōshū are attributed to her.[2] These five poems were sōmon-ka sent to Yakamochi.[1]
References edit
Citations edit
- ^ a b Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Plus 2015.
- ^ Nakanishi 1985, p. 258.
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.
- "Nakatomi no Iratsume" 中臣女郎. Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Plus (in Japanese). Kodansha. 2015. Retrieved 2019-03-24.
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