Abutsu-ni | |
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 Abutsu-ni | |
| Native name | 阿仏尼 |
| Born | 1222 |
| Died | 1283 (aged 60–61) |
| Notable work | Izayoi nikki (Diary of the Waning Moon) |
| Spouse | Fujiwara no Tameie |
| Children | Kyōgoku Tamenori, Reizei Tamesuke |
Abutsu-ni (阿仏尼, c. 1222 – 1283; the -ni suffix means "nun") was a Japanese poet and nun. She served as a lady-in-waiting to Princess Kuni-Naishinnō, later known as Empress Ankamon-in.[1] In approximately 1250 she married fellow poet Fujiwara no Tameie. She had two children with him. Following his death in 1275, she became a nun. A dispute over her son's inheritance led her, in either 1277 or 1279, to travel from Kyoto to Kamakura in order to plead on her son's behalf.[2] Her account of this journey, told in poems and letters, was published as Izayoi nikki (Diary of the Waning Moon or Journal of the Sixteenth-Night Moon), her most well-known work.[3]
- ^ Papinot, Edmond (1964). Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan. New York: F. Ungar Publishing Co. p. 3.
- ^ Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan. Tokyo: Dodansha. 1983. pp. 5–6.
- ^ Mulhern, Chieko Irie (1994). Japanese Women Writers: A Bio-Critical Sourcebook. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 3–8. ISBN 9780313254864. Retrieved 14 November 2016.