Ben no Menoto

This article is about the wet nurse Fujiwara no Akiko (or Ben no Menoto). For the Empress Consort Fujiwara no Akiko, see Empress Shōshi. For the Empress Consort of a similar name, see Fujiwara no Ariko.
Ben no Menoto
弁乳母
Born
Fujiwara no Akiko
藤原明子

?
Died?
OccupationMenoto
SpouseFujiwara no Kanetsune
ChildrenFujiwara no Akitsuna
FatherFujiwara no Junji
RelativesFujiwara no Nagako (Granddaughter)
FamilyFujiwara Clan

Ben no Menoto (弁乳母), (year of birth and death unknown) was the menoto of Princess Teishi, the daughter of Emperor Sanjō. Her real name was Fujiwara no Akiko.

Life

Ben no Menoto was the menoto (wetnurse)[1] of Princess Teishi. She began her service in 1013, and was supposedly on good terms with Suō no Naishi. She was also a poet, and her poems are collected in the Goshūi Wakashū[2]

Poetry

Japanese[2] Rōmaji[2] English[2]

白川の近きわたりにちる花は梢に懸る波かとぞみる

Shirakawa no chikaki watari ni chiru hana wa kozue ni kakaru nami ka to zo miru

The flowers that fall at the approach of the Shirakawa River
are like waves on the treetops.

References

  1. ^ "Book 34: The Star that Awaits the Night – Takeshi Watanabe". Retrieved 2025-06-01.
  2. ^ a b c d 日本人名大辞典+Plus, デジタル版. "弁乳母(べんのめのと)とは？ 意味や使い方". コトバンク (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-01-30.
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