Fujiwara no Kishi

In this Japanese name, the surname is Saionji.
Not to be confused with Saionji Kishi or Saionji Kisshi.
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.
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