Doji Barahime

Doji Barahime was a literature and art critic in the 10th century. She was trained as a courtier but her sharp tongue didn't allow her to advance in the ranks of the court. She mantained a years long rivalry with playwright Kakita Koshiro over the validity if kabuki as an art form. When her rival died in 956 she retired to a monastery. The majority of her work, that she keep in pillow books, was published after her death by her niece, Doji Yuuki. (EE, page 58)