Fujiwara no Kishi

Saionji Kishi
西園寺嬉子
Empress consort of Japan
Tenure16 September 1261 – 9 January 1269
Born1252
Died26 May 1318(1318-05-26) (aged 65–66)
Heian-kyō (Kyōto)
SpouseEmperor Kameyama
HouseFujiwara clan (by birth)
Imperial House of Japan (by marriage)
FatherSaionji Kinsuke

Fujiwara no Kishi (藤原(西園寺)嬉子; 1252 – 26 May 1318), (also called Senshi) later Imadegawa-in (今出川院), was an empress consort of Japan.[1] She was one of the consorts of Emperor Kameyama. She was Saionji Kinsuke's daughter.[1] The emperor did not show her high favour.[1]

In 1283 she was ordained as a Buddhist nun and was given the Dharma name Busshōkaku (仏性覚).[2]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Marra, Michele; Marra, Michael F. (1 January 1991). The Aesthetics of Discontent: Politics and Reclusion in Medieval Japanese Literature. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-1364-2.
  2. ^ Wispelwey, Berend (2013). Japanese Biographical Index. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3110947984.
Japanese royalty
Preceded by Empress consort of Japan
1261–1269
Succeeded by