Ōgimachi Machiko was a Japanese noblewoman and scholar of the Edo period. She is recognized for her diary, Matsukage no nikki, which meticulously chronicles events of the era. Her writing style draws inspiration from the classic Tale of Genji, offering readers an intimate glimpse into the life and culture of her time.
In the early eighteenth century, the noblewoman Ogimachi Machiko composed a memoir of Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu, the powerful samurai she had served as a concubine for twenty years. Elegant, poetic, and revealing, In the Shelter of the Pine is the most significant work of literature by a woman of Japan's early modern era.