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Shizuka GozenNote: Gozen is not a name, but rather an honorific title,
usually translated to "Lady", though the title was rarely bestowed upon men
as well. (???) (1165 – 1211), or Lady Shizuka, one of the most famous
women in Japanese history and literature, was a shiraby?shi (court dancer)
of the 12th century, and a mistress of Minamoto no Yoshitsune. Since she,
like many others, are featured largely in the Heike Monogatari (Tale of
Heike), Gikeiki (Chronicle of Yoshitsune), and a number of plays of various
traditions, her story is quite well-known, but it is difficult to separate
fact from fiction within it.
Her mother, Iso no Zenji, was a shiraby?shi as well. According to the
Gikeiki, Shizuka was invited at one point by Retired Emperor Go-Shirakawa,
along with ninety-nine other dancers, to dance for rain after the chanting
of one hundred Buddhist monks f
