Akazome Emon Biography | Poet

Akazome Emon ( , 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 (, Chuko Sanjurokkasen ) and the Thirty Six Female Poetic Sages (, Nyobo Sanjurokkasen ) .