​09/09:
Nine Japanese Female Poets
​/ Nine Heian Waka

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Sample Reading:

Sei Shōnagon (清少納言, 966 CE – unknown)

warenagara / waga kokoro o mo / shirazu shite / mata aimizi to / chikai keru kana
我ながらわが心をも知らずしてまた逢ひ見じと誓ひけるかな

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