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Japan: The Heian Court poet Akazome Emon, depicted by Komatsuken Kiyomitsu (1765)

Japan: The Heian Court poet Akazome Emon, depicted by Komatsuken Kiyomitsu (1765)

Akazome Emon (赤染衛門, 956–1041) was a Japanese waka poet and early historian who lived in the mid-Heian period. She is a member both of the Thirty Six Elder Poetic Sages (中古三十六歌仙 Chūko Sanjūrokkasen) and the Thirty Six Female Poetic Sages (女房三十六歌仙 Nyōbō Sanjūrokkasen).

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