Ki no Iratsume (紀 女郎) was a Japanese noblewoman, princess consort and waka poet of the Nara period.
Ki no Iratsume's actual given name was Oshika (小鹿 or 少鹿); [1] iratsume means "daughter" or "young woman". It is unknown when she was born, [2] but her father was the Nara-period courtier Ki no Shikahito [lower-alpha 1] (紀鹿人). [4] She was married to Prince Aki. [1] The date of her death is unknown. [2]
Twelve of Ki no Iratsume's poems were included in the Man'yōshū . [4] They are the poems numbered 643, 644, 645, 762, 763, 776, 782, 1452, 1460, 1461, 1648, and 1661, [5] all of them tanka . [6]
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