Sugawara no Takasue no Musume

Hear about Sugawara no Takasue no Musume Episode 71 of our Podcast, the Japan Archives.

• Period: Heian Period
• Occupation: Author
• Family: Sugawara no Takasue
• Birth: 1008
• Death: after 1059

Sugawara no Takasue no Musume

Sugawara no Takasue no Musume (菅原孝標女) was a member of the Sugawara Clan and daughter of Sugawara no Takasue, born in 1008¹² she died some time after 1067.²

Though we know nothing of her father, we know a little about her life. She was a sixth generational descendant of Sugawara no Michizane and niece of Fujiwara no Michitsuna no Haha (who authored The Gossamer years).¹

She grew up in Kazusa Province and at the age of 12 moved to Kyoto and when she was 33 she married Tachibana no Toshimichi.¹ She lost her husband in 1059² and two years later wrote the Sarashina Nikki.¹²³

She is also thought to have been the author of Hamamatsu chūnagon monogatari and Yoru no nezame.¹²

Footnotes

1. Kodansha. (1993) ”Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia”. Tokyo: Kodansha Ltd.
2. Louis Frederic, translated by Kathe Roth (2002) “Japan Encyclopedia”. London: Harvard University Press.
3. Borgen, R. (1975) “The Origins of the Sugawara. A History of the Haji Family”. Monumenta Nipponica. Vol.30 No.4 pp.405-422

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