Kayōmon'in no Echizen (嘉陽門院越前, dates unknown) was a waka poet and Japanese noblewoman active in the Kamakura period. Her work appears in a large number of imperial poetry collections, including Shingoshūi Wakashū, Senzai Wakashū, Shokugosen Wakashū, Gyokuyō Wakashū, Shinsenzai Wakashū, Shinchokusen Wakashū, and others. She was a member of the Ōnakatomi clan. She was designated a member of the Female Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry (女房三十六歌仙, Nyōbō Sanjūrokkasen). She is also known as Ise no Nyōbō (伊勢女房).


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