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Kōkamonin no Bettō

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Kōkamonin no Bettō
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The Attendant to Empress Kōka (皇嘉門院別当, Kōka-mon'in no Bettō; dates unknown) fl. 12th century CE,[1] was a waka poet and Japanese noblewoman active in the Heian period.[2][3][4] She was a daughter of Minamoto no Toshitaka (源俊隆), making her a member of the Minamoto clan, but her given name is unknown.[1]

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Kōkamonin no Bettō in the Ogura Hyakunin isshu.

She was a lady of the Empress Kōkamon'in, wife of Emperor Sutoku.[1][2][5]

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Poetry

One of her poems is included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu:

難波江の蘆のかりねのひと夜ゆゑ
     身をつくしてや恋ひわたるべき

Naniwa-e no ashi no karine no hitoyo yue
mi o tsukushite ya koiwataru beki

(Senzai Wakashū 13:807)

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