Background
She was the daughter of Izumi Shikibu and Tachibana no Michisada (橘道貞), the governor of Mutsu. Starting around 1009, she joined her mother in serving Empress Shōshi.
She was the daughter of Izumi Shikibu and Tachibana no Michisada (橘道貞), the governor of Mutsu. Starting around 1009, she joined her mother in serving Empress Shōshi.
was a Japanese waka poet of the early eleventh century. One of her poems was included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. Numerous anecdotes about her were incorporated into later treatises on poetry (歌論書, karonsho) and setsuwa collections.
An otogizōshi, Koshikibu, was also written.
