Saionji Shōshi

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Saionji Shōshi
西園寺鏱子
Empress consort of Japan
Tenure27 November 1288 – 27 September 1298
Born1271
Died10 June 1342(1342-06-10) (aged 70–71)
Heian-kyō (Kyōto)
Spouse Emperor Fushimi
Issue Emperor Go-Fushimi (adopted)
House Imperial House of Japan
FatherSaionji Sanekane
MotherNakanoin Akiko

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]

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]

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