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]