Komachi (小町) means "little town" in Japanese. **Ono no Komachi (c. 825-c. 900)** was the **most celebrated female poet of Heian Japan** — one of the **Rokkasen (Six Immortal Poets)** of classical Japanese verse. Famous in her lifetime for legendary beauty, **she became the archetype of the elegant woman in Japanese tradition** — featured in countless Noh plays.
**Komachi has become the Japanese byword for a beautiful woman.**
Komachi reduces to eight — the number of Heian poet.