Keifukuin Kaoku Gyokuei

Keifukuin Kaoku Gyokuei
Native name
慶福院花屋玉栄
Born1526 (1526)[1]
Diedafter 1602
OccupationPoet, writer
NationalityJapanese
PeriodMuromachi period
Notable worksKaokushō, Gyokueishū
RelativesKonoe Taneie (father), Lady Chaa (niece)[1][2]

Keifukuin Kaoku Gyokuei (慶福院花屋玉栄, 1526 – after 1602) was a Japanese writer, poet, and commentator during the Sengoku period. She is best known for Kaokushō and Gyokueishū, her commentaries on the Tale of Genji. She was the daughter of Konoe Taneie, a nobleman and poet.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Rowley, G. G. (2010). "The Tale of Genji: Required Reading for Aristocratic Women". In Kornicki, P. F. (ed.). The Female as Subject: Reading and Writing in Early Japan. Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan. pp. 39–58. ISBN 9781929280643.
  2. ^ McCormick, Melissa (2006). "白描源氏物語絵巻と女房の視座". Egakareta Genji monogatari (PDF) (Shohan ed.). Tōkyō: Kanrin Shobō. ISBN 4877372385. Retrieved 17 March 2022.