Takeko Kujo

Poet. Born as the second daughter of Otani Koson at Nishi Honganji Temple in Kyoto, she married Baron Kujo Yoshimune. She studied under Sasaki Nobutsuna and waited for her husband, who was traveling abroad, for over 10 years. She became known to the world for her collection of poems, Kinrei (1920), which expressed her sentiments of a woman who was shy and resentful. Her collections of poems include Muyuge (1927), Kunzen (1928), and Shirokujaku (1930). Her play Rakuhoku no Aki (Autumn in Rakuhoku) was performed at the Imperial Theater. As head of the Buddhist Women's Union, she was active in social work and the women's movement, and was known as a beautiful woman of her generation, attracting the respect of Nishi Honganji believers and the sympathy of the world.

[Yoshio Ito]

Every morning, as the sun shines, I feel as if my hair is turning red.

"Kujo Takeko Poetry Collection" (1972, Nobarasha)" ▽ "Kujo Takeko by Sawachi Hisae" (included in "Illustrated History of Japanese Women 10", 1980, Shogakukan)" ▽ "Kujo Takeko - Footprints of Her Life" by Kagotani Machiko (1988, Dohosha Publishing)" ▽ "The Beautiful Kujo Takeko by Sasaki Nobutsuna (1994, Ozorasha)"

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

歌人。大谷光尊(こうそん)次女として京都西本願寺に生まれ、男爵九条良致(よしむね)に嫁した。佐佐木信綱(のぶつな)に師事、10余年間、外遊の夫を待ち、清怨(せいえん)深窓の情操を吐露した歌集『金鈴(きんれい)』（1920）によって世に知られた。歌文集に『無憂華(むゆうげ)』（1927）、歌集に『薫染(くんぜん)』（1928）、『白孔雀(しろくじゃく)』（1930）がある。戯曲『洛北(らくほく)の秋』は帝劇で上演された。仏教婦人連合本部長として社会事業や女性運動に活躍、一代の麗人をもって鳴り、西本願寺信徒の尊崇と世の同情を一身に集めた。

［伊藤嘉夫］

　もとゆひのしまらぬ朝は日ひと日わが髪さへもそむくかと思ふ

『『九条武子歌集』（1972・野ばら社）』▽『澤地久枝著「九条武子」（『図説人物日本の女性史10』所収・1980・小学館）』▽『籠谷真智子著『九条武子――その生涯のあしあと』（1988・同朋舎出版）』▽『佐々木信綱著『麗人九条武子』（1994・大空社）』

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