儀同三司母

儀同三司母

Japanese

Kanji in this term
儀	同	三	司	母
ぎ Grade: S	どう Grade: 2	さん Grade: 1	し Grade: 4	はは Grade: 2
on’yomi	kan’yōon	on’yomi		kun’yomi

Alternative forms

• 儀同三司の母

Etymology

First attested in the Shika Wakashū (c. 1151).

儀同三司 (Gidō-sanshi, “honorary grand minister”) is a title first assumed by Fujiwara no Korechika, Heian-period nobleman.

Proper noun

儀同三司母(ぎどうさんしのはは) • (Gidō-sanshi no Haha) 

1. a courtesy name of Takashina no Kishi/Takako, Heian-period poet
   • 1205, Shin Kokin Wakashū (book 13, poem 1149 by the mother of the Honorary Grand Minister), text here (also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 54)

     忘(わす)れじの行(ゆ)く末(すゑ)まではかたければけふを限(かぎ)りの命(いのち)ともがな

     wasureji no yukusue made wa katakereba kyō o kagiri no inochi to mogana

     You promise you'll never forget, but to the end of time is too long to ask. So let me die today―still loved by you.[1]

   Synonyms: 高内侍 (Kō no Naishi), 高階成忠女 (Takashina no Naritada no Musume)

References

1. Peter MacMillan, translator (2018) One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each: A Treasury of Classical Japanese Verse, Penguin UK, →ISBN