Koshikibu no Naishi (小式部内侍; c. 999 – November 1025) was a Japanese waka poet of the early eleventh century. One of her poems was included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu.
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Biography
She was the daughter of Izumi Shikibu and Tachibana no Michisada (橘道貞), the governor of Mutsu.
Starting around 1009, she joined her mother in serving Empress Shōshi.
A target of many suitors, she eventually married Fujiwara no Kiminari (藤原公成). They had a child, but she died thereafter, still in her late twenties.
Poetry
Four of her poems were included in imperial anthologies such as the Goshūi Wakashū and the Kin'yō Wakashū.
Ōe-yama
The following poem by her was included as No. 60 in Fujiwara no Teika's Ogura Hyakunin Isshu:
In later literature
Numerous anecdotes about her were incorporated into later treatises on poetry (歌論書, karonsho) and setsuwa collections.
An otogizōshi, Koshikibu, was also written.