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Saionji Shōshi

Saionji Shōshi

Empress consort of Japan

In this Japanese name, the surname is Saionji.

Saionji Shōshi (西園寺しょう子, 西園寺鏱子, 1271 – 10 June 1342), also known as Eifuku Mon'in (永福門院) (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.[1] She was a member of the Kyōgoku school of verse (京極派, Kyōgoku-ha), and her work appears in the Gyokuyōshū.[3][4]

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She became empress in 1288, and though she had no children of her own, she adopted Go-Fushimi.[1] In 1298, her husband abdicated the throne.[4] 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. [1]
    The Clear Mirror: A Chronicle of the Japanese Court During the Kamakura Period (1185-1333). Stanford University Press. 1998-08-01. ISBN 978-0-8047-6388-2.
  2. [2]
    The Poetry of Zen. Shambhala Publications. 2007-02-13. ISBN 978-0-8348-2508-6.
  3. [3]
    p. 160, Acts of Worship, Yukio Mishima, tr. John Bester, pub. Kodansha, Tokyo, 1990. ISBN 0-87011-824-2/ISBN 4-7700-1507-0
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    Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
  5. [5]
    "永福門院". コトバンク (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-10-13.
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