Saionji Shōshi Explained

Saionji Shōshi
Japanese: 西園寺鏱子
Succession:Empress consort of Japan
Reign:27 November 1288 – 27 September 1298
Reign-Type:Tenure
Issue:Emperor Go-Fushimi (adopted)
Royal House:Imperial House of Japan
Father:Saionji Sanekane
Mother:Nakanoin Akiko
Birth Date:1271
Death Place:Heian-kyō (Kyōto)

, also known as (also written Eifuku-mon In), was a celebrated Japanese poet of the Kamakura period, and a consort of the 92nd emperor, Fushimi.[1] [2] Her father was the Chancellor Sane-kane. She was a member of the, and her work appears in the Gyokuyōshū.[3] [4]

She became empress in 1288, and though she had no children of her own, she adopted Go-Fushimi. In 1298, her husband abdicated the throne. On 23 June 1316 (5th year of Shōwa), she took tonsure as a Buddhist nun and was given the Dharma name Shin'nyo Gen (真如源).[5]

References

  1. Book: The Clear Mirror: A Chronicle of the Japanese Court During the Kamakura Period (1185-1333) . 1998-08-01 . Stanford University Press . 978-0-8047-6388-2 . en.
  2. Book: The Poetry of Zen . 2007-02-13 . Shambhala Publications . 978-0-8348-2508-6 . en.
  3. p. 160, Acts of Worship, Yukio Mishima, tr. John Bester, pub. Kodansha, Tokyo, 1990. /
  4. Book: Louis-Frédéric . Japan Encyclopedia . 2002 . Harvard University Press . 978-0-674-01753-5 . en.
  5. Web site: 永福門院 . コトバンク . 2019-10-13 . ja.