What's Renku?


Once upon a time, Yakamochi and a Buddhist nun were hanging out (in a palace, a garden, or some other sumptuous-looking place), writing waka poems. We don't have a picture of this nun, but she might have looked something like the one below. It's important to note that before she was a nun, she was a lady of some high social standing who had a daughter. Whether she was a widow or divorced is unknown.

YakamochiBuddhist nun


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