Princess Sukeko Japanese: 亮子内親王 | |
Succession: | Empress consort of Japan |
Reign: | 13 September 1182 – 4 August 1187 |
Consort: | yes |
Royal House: | Imperial House of Japan |
Father: | Emperor Go-Shirakawa |
Mother: | Fujiwara Shigeko |
Birth Date: | 1147 |
Death Place: | Heian-kyō (Kyōto) |
Princess Sukeko (亮子内親王; 1147 – 27 April 1216), later Inpumon'in (殷富門院), was a princess and an Empress of Japan. Sukeko was empress as the Honorary Mother (准母) of her nephews Emperor Antoku and Emperor Go-Toba.
She was the daughter of Emperor Go-Shirakawa and Lady-in-Waiting Fujiwara Shigeko, and the sister of Emperor Takakura. She was appointed Honorary Mother to her nephews, who reigned in succession as Emperor Antoku and Emperor Go-Toba. As their Honorary Mother, she was Honorary Empress and performed the court functions of the position of Empress during their reign.