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Nijōin no Sanuki

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Nijōin no Sanuki
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Lady Sanuki, attendant to retired Emperor Nijō (二条院讃岐, Nijō-in no Sanuki; c. 1141 1217) was a Japanese waka poet and noblewoman active in the late-Heian and early-Kamakura period. She was a contributor to the Senzai Wakashū anthology. A member of the Minamoto clan, she was also known as Chugu Sanuki (中宫讃岐).

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Nijoin no Sanuki in the Ogura Hyakunin isshu.
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Poetry

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

わか袖は塩干に見えぬ沖の石の
     人こそしらねかはくまもなし

waga sode wa shiohi ni mienu oki no ishi no
hito koso shirane kawaku ma mo nashi

(based on Senzai Wakashū 12:760)


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