Akazome Emon (d. 1027)

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Akazome Emon (d. 1027)

Japanese poet. Birth date unknown; died in 1027; dau. of Taira no Kanemori (poet and lady-in-waiting at court) and Oe no Masahira.

Belonged to a famous group of women poets and was a contemporary of Lady Murasaki Shikibu.

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