Japan: Akazome Emon (956-1041), Heian court poet. Ukiyo-e Woodblock print by Komatsuken Kiyomitsu (fl. 18th century), 1765. Akazome Emon 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 (Chūko Sanjūrokkasen) and the Thirty Six Female Poetic Sages (Nyōbō Sanjūrokkasen).

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