About Ki no Iratsume
Ki no Iratsume was a waka poet and poet.
was a Japanese noblewoman, princess consort and waka poet of the Nara period.
Biography Ki no Iratsume's actual given name was ; iratsume means "daughter" or "young woman". It is unknown when she was born, but her father was the Nara-period courtier . She was married to Prince Aki. The date of her death is unknown.
Poetry Twelve of Ki no Iratsume's poems were included in the Man'yōshū. They are the poems numbered 643, 644, 645, 762, 763, 776, 782, 1452, 1460, 1461, 1648, and 1661, all of them tanka.
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