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Lady Ise

875 - 938

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Lady Ise (伊勢; c. 875 – c. 938), also known as Ise no Miyasudokoro (伊勢の御息所), was a Japanese poet in the Imperial court's waka tradition. She was born to Fujiwara no Tsugukage of Ise Province, and eventually became the lover of the Prince Atsuyoshi and a concubine to Emperor Uda; her son by him was Prince Yuki-Akari. She also had a daughter with Prince Atsuyoshi called Nakatsukasa. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lady Ise is the 3,557th most popular writer (up from 3,982nd in 2019). (up from 3,317th in 2019)

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Among writers, Lady Ise ranks 3,557 out of 7,302Before her are Ennio Flaiano, Johann Christian Günther, George the Hagiorite, Garlieb Merkel, Antoni Maria Alcover i Sureda, and Nihal Atsız. After her are Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, William Cowper, Jozef Miloslav Hurban, Jonathan Littell, Robert McKee, and Victor Pelevin.

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Among people born in 875, Lady Ise ranks 6Before her are Al-Muktafi, Fruela II of Asturias, William I, Duke of Aquitaine, Spytihněv I, Duke of Bohemia, and Dirk I, Count of Holland.  Among people deceased in 938, Lady Ise ranks 2Before her is Thankmar.

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