Princess Awata (粟田女王 Awata-no-ōkimi[1] or Awata-no-joō[2]) was a Japanese princess and waka poet of the Nara period.

Biography

The date of Princess Awata's birth is unknown.[2]

She served the retired Empress Genshō.[2] In Tenpyō-hōji 5 (761), at a shū-kisai ceremony (周忌斎会) for the late empress, she held the Junior Third Rank,[2] and was later promoted to the Senior Third Rank.[2]

She died on the fourth day of the fifth month of Tenpyō-hōji 8 (7 June 764 in the Julian calendar).[2]

Poetry

One of her waka was included in the Man'yōshū.[3] It was the poem numbered 4060,[1] and she composed it at a poetic gathering at the residence of Tachibana no Moroe.[2]

References

Citations

  1. 1 2 Nakanishi 1985, p. 195.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Plus 2015.
  3. ↑ Nakanishi 1985, p. 195; Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Plus 2015.

Works cited

  • Nakanishi, Susumu (1985). Man'yōshū Jiten (Man'yōshū zen'yakuchū genbun-tsuki bekkan) (paperback ed.). Tokyo: Kōdansha. ISBN 978-4-06-183651-8.
  • "Awata-no-joō" 粟田女王. Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Plus (in Japanese). Kodansha. 2015. Retrieved 2019-03-31.
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