Kōkamonin no Bettō
# Kōkamonin no Bettō

The Attendant to Empress Kōka (皇嘉門院別当, Kōka-mon'in no Bettō, dates unknown) was a waka poet and Japanese noblewoman active in the Heian period. She was a daughter of Minamoto no Toshitaka (源俊隆), making her a member of the Minamoto clan, but her given name is unknown.

## Poetry

One of her poems is included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu:

   難波江の蘆のかりねのひと夜ゆゑ 身をつくしてや恋ひわたるべき Naniwa-e no ashi no karine no hitoyo yue mi o tsukushite ya koiwataru beki (Senzai Wakashū 13:807)
