Fujiwara no Genshi explained

Fujiwara no Genshi
Succession:Empress consort of Japan
Reign:1037–1039
Consort:yes
Issue:
  • Princess Yūshi
  • Princess Baishi
Royal House:Imperial House of Japan
Father:Prince Atsuyasu
Birth Date:August 24, 1016

, born, was an empress consort (chūgū) of Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan. She was the adopted daughter of Fujiwara no Yorimichi,[1] and biological daughter of .

Biography

Genshi's father Atsuyasu died in 1018. Her mother was the younger sister of Fujiwara no Yorimichi's official wife, Princess Takahime, and so the daughterless Yorimichi adopted her.

In 1036, she acted as a substitute court lady in the purification ceremony at Emperor Go-Suzaku's first niiname-sai harvest festival. The next year, she entered his court as a court lady, and received the rank of . Two months later she was made chūgū, displacing the existing empress consort Princess Teishi to kōgō and souring relations between Teishi and Yorimichi. Favored by the Emperor, Genshi bore him two girls, but died in childbirth at the age of 23 without giving birth to a prince.

According to the, when Genshi was bathing ten days after giving birth, there was a great storm. Amidst the lightning and thunder and heavy rain, Genshi died on the spot. At the time, there was a rumor that the Fujiwara family god of Kasuga-taisha was angered that Genshi had been made Empress through adoption into the Fujiwara clan, despite blood ties to the Minamoto clan.

Issue

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 祐子内親王 . 2024-06-02 . Kotobank.jp . ja.