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Name
  
Kodai Kimi


Role
  
Poet

Kodai no Kimi

Kodai no Kimi (小大君, dates unknown, also known as Koōkimi) was a Japanese Waka poet and noble from the middle Heian period. She is one of only five women numbered as one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals.

Kodai no Kimi Kodai No Kimi c10th Century Photograph by Granger

Many of her poems are in Japanese imperial poetry anthologies including Shūi Wakashū. There is some overlap between her personal poetry collection Kodai no Kimishū (小大君集) and Ono no Komachi's personal collection.

Kodai no Kimi Honolulu Museum of Art The Poetess Kodai no Kimi late 10thearly

References

Kodai no Kimi Wikipedia