Mother of Jojin Ajari (成尋阿闍梨母)
Mother of Jojin Ajari (988 - year of her death is not clear) was a female waka poet in the mid-Heian period. She is generally regarded as a daughter of MINAMOTO no Toshitaka but according to engi (writing about history) of Kyoto Daiun-ji Temple, she is described as a daughter of Tsutsumi Dainagon. She married FUJIWARA no Sanekata, Mutsu no kami (the Governor of Mutsu Province), and gave birth to two children, Buddhist monk Jojin and Joson.
She lost her husband early, in around 1014 - 1015. "Jojin Ajari no haha no shu" (A collection of waka poems by mother of Jojin Ajari), her personal anthology of waka poems, is famous as one that was composed of a mother's feelings when her son Jojin departed for China (Sung (dynasty)). As this anthology is something like a diary and ended in May, 1073, it is assumed that she died after that time.