Koshikibu no Naishi

She was the daughter of Izumi Shikibu and , the governor of Mutsu. Starting around 1009, she joined her mother in serving Empress Shōshi. A target of many suitors, she eventually married . 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 and setsuwa collections. An otogizōshi, Koshikibu, was also written. == References ==