was a 13th-century Japanese court lady, poet and memoirist.
[1][2] Ben no Naishi was the daughter of the poet and painter Fujiwara Nobuzane; her younger sister Shosho no Naishi was also a poet.
During her time as a lady in waiting she was responsible for the three imperial regalia of Japan.
[3] Her memoir, Ben no naisha nikki, begins with Go-Fukakusa's accession aged three in 1246, and ends (the text is damaged) in 1252.
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