She was born and brought up as the daughter of a middle-class court noble, and hoped to serve in the Imperial Court once, but she gets married to Iyo no suke (assistant governor of Iyo Province - the present Aichi Prefecture) as his second wife, who is much older than she. |
中級貴族の娘として生まれ育ち、宮仕えを希望したこともあったが、伊予の介(伊予国(現在の愛媛県)の国守の次官)を務める男の元に年の離れた後妻として嫁いだ。 |