Daisuke Ise - Taifu of Ise

Dates of birth and death unknown. A female poet of the mid-Heian period, and one of the Thirty-six Immortal Poets of the Middle Ages. Daughter of Sukechika, granddaughter of Onakatomi Yoshinobu. Around 1008 (Kanko 5), she began serving the Empress Shoshi, and at this time, a monk from Nara presented her with a double-flowered cherry tree, which Murasaki Shikibu said, "This year's harvester is now coming to visit," she composed a poem entitled "The double-flowered cherry tree of the ancient capital of Nara, today its nine layers of fragrance," which instantly earned her recognition as a poet. After that, as a close aide to Jotomon-in Shoshi, she was active in public and private poetry contests from Jotomon-in Kikuawase in 1032 (Chogen 5) to 1056 (Tenki 4), and left behind many congratulatory poems and folding screen poems. Her style of poetry is characterized by the use of related words and hanging words. She gave birth to many excellent poets, including Princess Yasusuke, with her husband Takashina Nariyoshi, and was once appointed as the tutor of Prince Sadahito (Emperor Shirakawa) due to his gentle personality. In 1060 (Kohei 3), she wrote a congratulatory poem for Shiga Sojo on his 90th birthday, and died shortly thereafter at a fairly advanced age. Her family anthologies include the "Ise Daifushu," a miscellaneous collection, and two separate collections of Ruisan poetry, the "Ise Daifushu."

[Inukai Ren]

"Poets of the Onakatomi Family by Miyako Hosaka (1972, Musashino Shoin)"

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生没年不詳。平安中期の女流歌人で中古三十六歌仙の一人。大中臣能宣(おおなかとみのよしのぶ)の孫、輔親(すけちか)の娘。1008年（寛弘5）ごろ中宮彰子(しょうし)のもとに出仕、このおり、奈良の僧から献じた八重桜を、「今年の取り入れ人は今参りぞ」と紫式部に促されて詠んだ一首「いにしへの奈良の都の八重桜けふ九重に匂(にほ)ひぬるかな」によって、一躍歌才を認められた。以後、上東門院彰子の側近として、1032年（長元5）上東門院菊合(きくあわせ)より1056年（天喜4）に至る公私の歌合に活躍、多くの賀歌、屏風歌(びょうぶうた)を残した。歌風は縁語、懸詞(かけことば)を駆使した技巧に特色がある。夫高階成順(たかしななりのぶ)との間に康資王母(やすすけおうのはは)らの優れた歌人をもうけ、温厚な人柄から一時、貞仁(さだひと)親王（白河天皇）の傅育(ふいく)を嘱されたこともある。1060年（康平3）志賀僧正90歳の賀歌を最後に、まもなくかなりな高齢で没したらしい。家集に雑纂(ざっさん)、類纂大別2種の『伊勢大輔集』がある。

［犬養　廉］

『保坂都著『大中臣家の歌人群』（1972・武蔵野書院）』

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