From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Empress Yamato
Empress Yamato
Empress Yamato (倭姫王) was a poet and Empress of Ja-
pan, as the wife of Emperor Tenji. She was a granddaugh-
Notes
ter of Emperor Jomei (舒明天皇) and Soga no Hote-no- [1] Sato. p. 21.
iratsume (蘇我法提郎女), through their son Prince
Furuhito-no-Ōe (古人大兄皇子).
Her poetry is collected in the Man’yōshū (万葉集),
Sources
the oldest existing collection of Japanese poetry believed • Hiroaki Sato (2008). Japanese women poets: an
to have been collected by Ōtomo no Yakamochi (大伴 家 anthology. M.E. Sharpe, Inc.
持). After the death of her husband in 671, she wrote a
song of mourning about him.[1]
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Categories:
• People of Asuka period Japan
• 7th-century women writers
• Japanese empresses
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