page_title: Taikenmon'in no Horikawa
hierarchical_section_title: Taikenmon'in no Horikawa
context_page_description: Lady Horikawa, attendant to Empress Taiken was a waka poet and Japanese noblewoman active in the Heian period.
  A member of the Minamoto clan, her work is also included in the Kin'yō Wakashū.
  In 1142, she ordained as a Buddhist nun.
context_section_description: 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.
  A member of the Minamoto clan, her work is also included in the Kin'yō Wakashū.
  In 1142, she ordained as a Buddhist nun.
caption: Taiken-mon'in no Horikawa in the Ogura Hyakunin isshu.
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