Hime no Mae, who worked at MINAMOTO no Yoritomo's Palace as a court lady was famous for her beauty, and according to "Azumakagami" (a histrical book written in the Kamakura period), she was described as 'a daughter of Tomomune TONAI in HIki county and at the time a matchlessly powerfull employee, a favorite of MINAMOTO no Yoritomo, and a very beautifull woman.'
源頼朝の御所に勤める女官であった姫の前は美人で有名で、『吾妻鏡』に｢比企の籐内朝宗が息女、当時権威無双の女房なりて、殊に御意に相叶う、容顔太だ美麗なり｣と記されている。