Daini no Sanmi
Daini no Sanmi (大弐三位, dates unknown[1] but born c. 999[2]) was a Japanese waka poet of the mid-Heian period.[1] One of her poems was included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu.[2] She produced a private collection, the Daini no Sanmi-shū (大弐三位集).[1][2]
Biography
She was the daughter of Murasaki Shikibu and Fujiwara no Nobutaka (藤原宣孝).[1][2] Her given name was Katako (賢子),[1][2][3] although the characters for Katako are also read Kenshi.[4]
She was married to Takashina no Nariakira (高階成章).[1] She also served as the nurse of Emperor Goreizei.[2]
Poetry
Thirty-seven[2] or thirty-eight[5] of her poems were included in imperial anthologies from the Goshūi Wakashū on.
The following poem by her was included as No. 58 in Fujiwara no Teika's Ogura Hyakunin Isshu:
| Japanese text[3] | Romanized Japanese[6] | English translation[7] |
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Possible partial authorship of The Tale of Genji
Some scholars have attributed the final ten chapters of her mother's magnum opus, The Tale of Genji, to her,[2] although this theory is generally rejected by the majority of scholars.
References
Bibliography
- Keene, Donald (1999). A History of Japanese Literature, Vol. 1: Seeds in the Heart — Japanese Literature from Earliest Times to the Late Sixteenth Century. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-11441-7.
- McMillan, Peter. 2010 (1st ed. 2008). One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each. New York: Columbia University Press.
- Suzuki Hideo, Yamaguchi Shin'ichi, Yoda Yasushi. 2009 (1st ed. 1997). Genshoku: Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. Tokyo: Bun'eidō.
External links
- List of Daini no Sanmi's poems in the International Research Center for Japanese Studies's online waka database.
- Daini no Sanmi on Kotobank.