Empress Jitō was the daughter of Emperor Tenji. Her mother was Ochi-no-Iratsume, the daughter of Minister Ō-omi Soga no Yamada-no Ishikawa Maro. She was the wife of Emperor Temmu, who was Tenji's half brother by another woman, and she succeeded him on the throne.
Empress Jitō's given name was Unonosarara or Unonosasara (鸕野讚良?), or alternately Uno.
Other Poems of hers:
After the death of the Emperor Temmu
Oh, the autumn foliage
Of the hill of Kamioka!
My good Lord and Sovereign
Would see it in the evening
And ask of it in the morning.
On that very hill from afar
I gaze, wondering
If he sees it to-day,
Or asks of it to-morrow.
Sadness I feel at eve,
And heart-rending grief at morn –
The sleeves of my coarse-cloth robe
Are never for a moment dry.
Composed when the Empress climbed the Thunder Hill
Lo, our great Sovereign, a goddess,
Tarries on the Thunder
In the clouds of heaven!
Information from:
Wikipedia
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/japanese/hyakunin/noJIS/hyaku2.html
Empress Jitō's given name was Unonosarara or Unonosasara (鸕野讚良?), or alternately Uno.
Other Poems of hers:
After the death of the Emperor Temmu
Oh, the autumn foliage
Of the hill of Kamioka!
My good Lord and Sovereign
Would see it in the evening
And ask of it in the morning.
On that very hill from afar
I gaze, wondering
If he sees it to-day,
Or asks of it to-morrow.
Sadness I feel at eve,
And heart-rending grief at morn –
The sleeves of my coarse-cloth robe
Are never for a moment dry.
Composed when the Empress climbed the Thunder Hill
Lo, our great Sovereign, a goddess,
Tarries on the Thunder
In the clouds of heaven!
Information from:
Wikipedia
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/japanese/hyakunin/noJIS/hyaku2.html