Izumi Shikibu
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| Gender | Female |
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| Born | Echizen Province |
| Died | Tango Province |
| 1030 | |
| Tango Province | |
| Children | Koshikibu no Naishi |
| Job | Politician |
| Poet | |
| Courtier | |
| Spouse | Fujiwara no Yasumasa |
| Parents | Oe no Masamune |
| Books | The Izumi Shikibu Nikki |
| The Lives of Three Women in 11th Century Japan | |
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| ID | 1356827 |
Izumi Shikibu Life story
Izumi Shikibu was a mid-Heian period Japanese poet. She is a member of the Thirty-six Medieval Poetry Immortals. She was the contemporary of Murasaki Shikibu, and Akazome Emon at the court of empress Joto Mon'in. She "is considered by many to have been the greatest woman poet of the Heian period".
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