Daini No Sanmi (999–after 1078)

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Daini No Sanmi (999–after 1078)

Japanese poet. Name variations: Echigo no Benin. Born Kenshi or Masako in 999; still alive in 1078; dau. of Murasaki Shikibu (c. 973–c. 1015) and Fujiwara no Nobutaka (court official).

Thirty-seven of her poems can be found in imperial anthologies.