Fujiwara no Ikushi

Fujiwara no Ikushi
藤原育子
Empress consort of Japan
TenureMarch 6, 1162 – September 23, 1173
Born1146
DiedSeptember 23, 1173(1173-09-23) (aged 26–27)
SpouseEmperor Nijō
HouseImperial House of Japan
FatherTokudaiji Saneyoshi
MotherMinamoto no Toshiko (源俊子)

Fujiwara no Ikushi (藤原 育子; 1146 – September 23, 1173) was an empress consort of Japan.[1] She was the consort of Emperor Nijō of Japan and foster mother of Emperor Rokujō.

In the same year of Emperor Rokujō's abdication, Fujiwara took tonsure as a Buddhist nun.

Notes

  1. ↑ Brown, Delmer; Ishida, Ichiro (2023-04-28). The Future and the Past: A Translation and Study of the Gukansho, an Interpretative History of Japan written in 1219. Univ of California Press. p. 329. ISBN 978-0-520-33689-6.