Fujiwara no Kishi

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 this Japanese name, the surname is Saionji.
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
HouseYamato
FatherSaionji Kinsuke

In 1283 she was ordained as a Buddhist nun and was given the Dharma name Busshōkaku (仏性覚).[2]

Notes
  1. 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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