Princess Awata
Princess Awata (粟田女王 Awata-no-ōkimi[1] or Awata-no-joō[2]) was a Japanese princess and waka poet of the Nara period.
Biography[edit]
The date of Princess Awata's birth is unknown.[2]
She served the retired Empress Genshō.[2] In Tenpyō-hōji 5 (761), at a shū-kisai ceremony (周忌斎会) for the late empress, she held the Junior Third Rank,[2] and was later promoted to the Senior Third Rank.[2]
She died on the fourth day of the fifth month of Tenpyō-hōji 8 (7 June 764 in the Julian calendar).[2]
Poetry[edit]
One of her waka was included in the Man'yōshū.[3] It was the poem numbered 4060,[1] and she composed it at a poetic gathering at the residence of Tachibana no Moroe.[2]
References[edit]
Citations[edit]
- ^ a b Nakanishi 1985, p. 195.
- ^ a b c d e f g Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Plus 2015.
- ^ Nakanishi 1985, p. 195; Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Plus 2015.
Works cited[edit]
- Nakanishi, Susumu (1985). Man'yōshū Jiten (Man'yōshū zen'yakuchū genbun-tsuki bekkan) (paperback ed.). Tokyo: Kōdansha. ISBN 978-4-06-183651-8.
- "Awata-no-joō" 粟田女王. Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Plus (in Japanese). Kodansha. 2015. Retrieved 2019-03-31.