Saigū no Nyōgo

Princess Kishi (929–985, 徽子女王, also Yoshiko Joō 承香殿女御 Jokyōden Joō or 斎宮女御 Saigū no Nyōgo) was a Japanese Waka poet of the middle Heian period.^[1] She is one of only five women numbered as one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals.^[2] As her name implies, she was a princess of the Imperial Family of Japan. She was one of Emperor Murakami's consorts, and gave birth to one daughter, Imperial Princess Kishi, and a son.^[2] Through her father, Imperial Prince Shigeakira, she was the granddaughter of Emperor Daigo. Prior to becoming a consort she served as Ise Priestess, chief priestess of the Ise Shrine.^[3]

Saigū no Nyōgo by Kanō Naonobu, 1648

Many of her poems are included in the third Japanese imperial poetry anthology, Shūi Wakashū, issued in 1006.