Fukuda Chiyo-ni

Fukuda Chiyo-ni (福田 千代尼, 1703 - 2 October 1775) or Kaga no Chiyo (加賀 千代女) was a Japanese poet of the Edo period and a Buddhist nun.

Influenced by the renowned poet Matsuo Bashō but emerging and as independent figure with a unique voice in her own right, Chiyo-ni's dedication not only paved a way for her career but also opened a path for other women to follow.

Chiyo-ni was born in Matto, Kaga Province (now Hakusan, Ishikawa Prefecture), in February 1703, the eldest daughter of a scroll mounter.

She studied Basho's style of writing poems in her early years, although she did develop on her own as an independent figure with her own unique voice.

[4] In 1764, she was chosen to prepare the official gift for Maeda Shigemichi, the daimyō of her region, to the Korean Delegation led by civil minister Jo Eom.

8^The Sad Beauty: Eighty Haiku by Chiyo Ni Fukuda/ translated and compiled by Saeed Jehanpoolad/ Hormoz Publishing / Iran 1402

Chiyo-ni standing beside a well. This woodcut by Utagawa Kuniyoshi illustrates her most famous haiku: finding a bucket entangled in the vines of a morning glory, she will go ask for water rather than disturb the flower.