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)[1] by being granted the rank of Daijō Tennō.[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
- ^ 川村一彦. 後醍醐帝の建武親政 (in Japanese). 歴史研究会. p. 12.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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