Ben was a menotogo (the daughter of a menoto, a wet nurse to a high born baby) of the late Kashiwagi (a son of Tono Chujo - the first secretary's captain) (The Tale of Genji), and was Hachi no Miya's maid at that time. |
弁は故柏木 (源氏物語)の乳母子(めのとご、乳母の娘)で、今は八の宮の侍女である。 |