Ono no Komachi

c. 825 – c. 900 (?)/JapaneseLike Ariwara no Narihira, the legends have eclipsed the historical Ono no Komachi. Her poetry dates from the period 833-857, and she seems to have engaged in poetic exchanges with contemporaries such as Fun'ya no Yasuhide, Archbishop Henjô and Ôshikôchi n