About Keifukuin Kaoku Gyokuei
Keifukuin Kaoku Gyokuei was a writer and poet.
was a Japanese writer, poet, and commentator during the Sengoku period. She is best known for Kaokushō and Gyokueishū, her commentaries on the Tale of Genji. She was the daughter of Konoe Taneie, a nobleman and poet. It is uncertain whether she was the daughter of Konoe Taneie who was married to the shogun Ashikaga Yoshiteru in 1558. This same text was also copied by Toyotomi Hideyoshi while he was studying the Tale of Genji.
Her commentaries on the Tale of Genji were read by many other aristocratic women and remained in circulation as manuscripts until the 20th century.
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Keifukuin Kaoku Gyokuei was a writer and poet.
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