Taikenmon'in no Horikawa

Lady Horikawa, attendant to Empress Taiken (待賢門院堀河, Taiken-mon'in no Horikawa, dates unknown) was a waka poet and Japanese noblewoman active in the Heian period.

In 1142, she ordained as a Buddhist nun in her own temple she built called Hōkongō-in.

She was a member of the Minamoto clan, as her father was Fujiwara no Kinzane, who was Dainagon "大納言" (Chief Chancellor of State) at the time.

Her other name "Horikawa" is assumed to be given to her when she served as a nun in the Convent of the Imperial Board of Ceremonies.

One of her poems is included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu: 長からむ心もしらず黒髪の     みだれてけさは物をこそ思へ nagakaran kokoro mo shirazu kurokami nomidarete kesa wa mono o koso omoe"I do not know how long my heart has been tangled... but, this late morning, my unruly black hair lay in a state of insanity, and now, I am thinking of another..."