[[File:Matsukage-nikki.jpg|right|thumb|400px|A copy of ''Matsukage no nikki'' on display at the [[Toyo Bunko|Tôyô Bunko]]]]
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*''Born: [[1679]]?''
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*''Died: [[1724]]''
*''Japanese'': [[正親町]] 町子 ''(Ôgimachi Machiko)''
*''Japanese'': [[正親町]] 町子 ''(Ôgimachi Machiko)''
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Ôgimachi Machiko was the primary wife (''sokushitsu'') of [[Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu]]. She is known for her diary, ''Matsukage nikki'', which details numerous events of that period in a writing style inspired by the ''[[Tale of Genji]]''.
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Ôgimachi Machiko was the primary wife (''sokushitsu'') of [[Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu]]. She is known for her diary, ''Matsukage no nikki'', which details numerous events of that period in a writing style inspired by the ''[[Tale of Genji]]''.
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She was a member of the [[Ogimachi family|Ôgimachi family]] of [[kuge|court nobles]], who traced their line to the celebrated classical scholar [[Sanjonishi Sanetaka|Sanjônishi Sanetaka]] ([[1455]]-[[1537]]).<ref>Rebeckah Clements, "Speaking in Tongues? Daimyo, Zen Monks, and Spoken Chinese in Japan, 1661–1711," ''The Journal of Asian Studies'' Vol. 76, No. 3 (August) 2017: 605.</ref>