Saionji Neishi
Saionji (Fujiwara) Neishi / Yasuko (西園寺（藤原）寧子) later Kōgimon'in (広義門院; 1292–1357) was a Japanese Court lady.
She reigned as the only female Chiten no Kimi (治天の君) between 1352 and 1353 by being granted the rank of Daijō Tennō.[1][2]
She was Saionji Sanekane's daughter, and the consort of Emperor Go-Fushimi.
She became the mother of several children with the emperor:
- First daughter: Imperial Princess Junshi (珣子内親王)
- Third son: Imperial Prince Kazuhito (量仁親王) later Emperor Kōgon[3]
- Fifth son: Imperial Prince Kagehito (景仁親王; b. 1315)
- Second daughter: Imperial Princess Kenshi / Kaneko (兼子内親王)
- Ninth son: Imperial Prince Yutahito (豊仁親王) later Emperor Kōmyō
References
- ↑ Conlan, Thomas (2011-11-10). From Sovereign to Symbol: An Age of Ritual Determinism in Fourteenth Century Japan. Oxford University Press. p. 138. ISBN 978-0-19-977810-2.
- ↑ 橋本, 芳和 (August 2018). "後光厳天皇踐祚と「治天の君」広義門院(1)『日本書紀』「繼體紀」受容の過程". 政治経済史学 (in Japanese) (620): 21–48.
- ↑ Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki: A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-04940-5; OCLC 5914584