Suō no Naishi

was a Japanese waka poet of the late-Heian period. One of her poems was included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu, and thirty-five in imperial collections. She also produced a private waka collection, the Suō no Naishi-shū.

Biography The daughter of , the governor of Suō Province, her date of birth is unknown. Her given name was .

春の夜の 夢ばかりなる 手枕に かひなく立たむ 名こそ惜しけれ Haru no yo no yume bakari naru ta-makura ni kai naku tatan na koso oshikere I would be sorry to lose my good name for laying my head upon your arm offered as a pillow for a moment fleeting as a spring night's dream.

She left a private collection, the .

In other media Famous woodblock print artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi produced a woodblock print illustrating one of her poems in the early 1840s.