Died 1082, Japan | ||
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Parents Murasaki Shikibu, Fujiwara no Nobutaka Grandparents Fujiwara no Tametoki, Fujiwara no Tamesuke People also search for Murasaki Shikibu, Fujiwara no Nobutaka | ||
Daini no Sanmi (大弐三位, dates unknown but born c. 999) was a Japanese waka poet of the mid-Heian period. One of her poems was included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. She produced a private collection, the Daini no Sanmi-shū (大弐三位集).
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Biography
She was the daughter of Murasaki Shikibu and Fujiwara no Nobutaka (藤原宣孝). Her given name was Katako (賢子), although the characters for Katako are also read Kenshi.
She was married to Takashina no Nariakira (高階成章) and produced son in 1038, and she has a daughter with Fujiwara no Kanetaka (985-1053) in 1026. She also served as the nurse of Emperor Go-Reizei.
Poetry
Thirty-seven or thirty-eight 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:
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, although this theory is generally rejected by the majority of scholars.