was a Japanese waka poet of the late-Heian period. One of her poems was included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu, and thirty-five in imperial collections. She also produced a private waka collection, the Suō no Naishi-shū.
The daughter of, the governor of Suō Province, her date of birth is unknown.[1] [2] [3] Her given name was .[1] [2] [3]
She served as in the courts of four emperors, Go-Reizei, Go-Sanjō, Shirakawa and Horikawa.[1] [2] [3]
In 1108, she took ordination as a Buddhist nun due to illness.
The date of her death is unknown,[1] [3] but she probably died around 1110.[2]
Thirty-five of her poems were included in imperial anthologies from the Goshūi Wakashū on.[1] [2]
The following poem by her was included as No. 67 in Fujiwara no Teika's Ogura Hyakunin Isshu:
| Japanese text[4] | Romanized Japanese[5] | English translation[6] |
春の夜の 夢ばかりなる 手枕に かひなく立たむ 名こそ惜しけれ | Haru no yo no yume bakari naru ta-makura ni kai naku tatan na koso oshikere | I would be sorry to lose my good name for laying my head upon your arm offered as a pillow for a moment fleeting as a spring night's dream. |
She left a private collection, the .