Imperial Princesses V

[Nijō] First Daughter

¶[Nijō] First Daughter

¶Imperial Princess Zenshi was a daughter of a palace woman (a court lady) of the Nakahara clan (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki, the Teiō Hennenki, the Kijoshō, and the Renchūshō. The Ichidai Yōki and the Kōtei Kishō write "僐" as "僖"; the Kōin Shōunroku and the Saiin-ki write it as "繕"). In the first year of Kaō (1169) she became the Saiin, High Priestess of Kamo (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki, the Kijoshō, and the Saiin-ki). In the third year of Kaō (1171) she was relieved of her office on account of illness (Note: following the Teiō Hennenki and the Kōtei Kishō).

[Takakura] Third Daughter

¶[Takakura] Third Daughter

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[Go-Toba] Fifth Daughter

¶Imperial Princess Kōshi (Note: the Saigū-ki writes "瑜子," which is mistaken) was a daughter of a palace woman of the Fujiwara clan (Note: following the Gyokkai, the Akihiro-ō-ki, the Nakasuke-ō-ki, and the Rekidai Kōki. The Nyoin Shōden and the Kōin Shōunroku make Hanshi the first daughter). In the first year of Jishō (1177) she was made an Imperial Princess and chosen by divination as the Saigū, High Priestess of Ise (Note: following the Gyokkai, the Gumaiki, the Akihiro-ō-ki, the Nakasuke-ō-ki, and the Teiō Hennenki. The proclamation of her status as Imperial Princess follows the Gumaiki and the Akihiro-ō-ki). In the first month of the third year (1179) she was relieved of her office in order to observe mourning for her mother (Note: following the Sankaiki, the Kōtei Kishō, and the Teiō Hennenki).

[Tsuchimikado] Ninth Daughter

¶Imperial Princess Hanshi was a daughter of a palace woman of the Fujiwara clan (Note: following the Kōtei Kishō, the Sankaiki, and the Nyoin Shōden). In the second year of Jishō (1178) she was made an Imperial Princess and chosen by divination as the Saiin, High Priestess of Kamo (Note: following the Sankaiki and the Nyoin Shōden). In the first year of Yōwa (1181), because Emperor Takakura had died, she was relieved of her office (Note: following the Nyoin Shōden and the Kōtei Kishō). She was called the Nekoma Saiin (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki), and also the Rokkaku Palace (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Kijoshō). In the sixth year of Kenkyū (1195) she became Jusangū, ranked with the Three Empresses (Note: following the Sanchōki). Later she became the quasi-mother (jumo) of Emperor Tsuchimikado and was honored with the title of Empress (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki and the Nyoin Shōden). In the first year of Ken'ei (1206) she took the title Bōmon-in (Note: following the Hyakurenshō, the Nyoin Shōden, and the Geki-ki as quoted in the Ingō Sadame Burui-ki). In the fourth month of the fourth year of Jōgen (1210) she died (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki, the Rekidai Kōki, and the Nyoin Shōden). She was thirty-four years old (Note: following the Hyakurenshō and the Nyoin Shōden). Emperor Tsuchimikado suspended the conduct of government for three days on this account (Note: following the entry for the second year of Jōwa in the Enta Ryaku).

[Juntoku] Second Daughter

¶Imperial Princess Ketsushi was a daughter of Fujiwara, Naishi-no-suke, Assistant Handmaid (Note: following the Sankaiki, the Kōin Shōunroku, and the Kijoshō). In the first year of Bunji (1185) she became the Saigū, High Priestess of Ise (Note: following the Hyakurenshō, the Kōtei Kishō, the Ichidai Yōki, and the Kijoshō). Three years later she went down to Ise. In the first month of the ninth year of Kenkyū (1198) she left office (Note: following the Ruijū Daibunin).

[Deposed Emperor of Kujō] First Daughter

¶[Go-Toba] Fifth Daughter

[Go-Horikawa] Fourth Daughter

¶Imperial Princess Shōshi was a daughter of the Empress Fujiwara (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki, the Kōin Shōunroku, and the Nyoin Shōden). Hachijō-in took her as an adopted daughter. Her appearance was exceptionally fine, and her radiant beauty moved the hearts of those who saw her (Note: following the Gukanshō). In the sixth year of Kenkyū (1195) she became an Imperial Princess (Note: following the Sanchōki and the Nyoin Shōden). In the seventh year (1196) she was granted First Rank (Note: following the Nyoin-ki) and became Jusangū (Note: following the Meigetsuki and the Nyoin Shōden). Later she became the quasi-mother of Emperor Juntoku (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the entry for the second year of Jōwa in the Enta Ryaku; the Rekidai Kōki makes her the quasi-mother of Emperor Tsuchimikado, which is probably mistaken). In the second year of Jōgen (1208) she was honored with the title of Empress (Note: following the Meigetsuki, the Hyakurenshō, and the Nyoin Shōden). In the third year (1209) she took the title Shunka-mon'in (Note: following the Hyakurenshō, the Kōtei Kishō, the Rekidai Kōki, and the Nyoin Shōden, and the Ban-ki and Geki-ki as quoted in the Ingō Sadame Burui-ki). She continued to receive nenkan and nenshaku, the annual appointments and annual rank-grants, as before (Note: following the Geki-ki as quoted in the Ingō Sadame Burui-ki). In the eleventh month of the first year of Kenreki (1211) she died at the Shijō mansion of Fujiwara-no-Takahira, Gon-Chūnagon, Provisional Middle Counsellor. She was seventeen years old (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki, the Rekidai Kōki, and the Nyoin Shōden. The account of Takahira's mansion follows the Nakasuke-ō-ki). Emperor Juntoku suspended the conduct of government for three days on this account (Note: following the entry for the second year of Jōwa in the Enta Ryaku).

¶Imperial Princess Reishi was a daughter of a palace woman of the Fujiwara clan (Note: following the Nakasuke-ō-ki, the Ichidai Yōki, and the Teiō Hennenki). In the first year of Genkyū (1204) she was made an Imperial Princess and chosen by divination as the Saiin, High Priestess of Kamo (Note: following the Meigetsuki and the Hyakurenshō; the Nyoin Shōden gives the second year). She became Jusangū (Note: following the Meigetsuki, the Nakasuke-ō-ki, and the Kōtei Kishō). In the second year of Kenreki (1212) she was relieved of her office on account of illness (Note: following the Hyakurenshō and the Ichidai Yōki). In the second year of Kenpō (1214) she took the title Kayō-mon'in and continued to receive nenkan and nenshaku as before (Note: following the Ban-ki and the Geki-ki as quoted in the Ingō Sadame Burui-ki). In the second year of Jōkyū (1220) she left the world and entered religion (Note: following the Gyokuzui, the Hyakurenshō, the Rekidai Kōki, and the Nyoin Shōden). Her Dharma name was Shinnyoshō (Note: following the Nyoin Shōden). In the eighth month of the tenth year of Bun'ei (1273) she died (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki, the Nyoin Shōden, and the entry for the second year of Jōwa in the Enta Ryaku). She was seventy-four years old (Note: calculated from the statement in the Gyokuzui, the Hyakurenshō, and the Ninna-ji Goden that she was twenty-one in the second year of Jōkyū, when she entered religion).

¶Imperial Princess Shukushi was a daughter of a palace woman of the Minamoto clan (Note: following the Kōtei Kishō, the Ichidai Yōki, the Teiō Hennenki, and the Kōin Shōunroku). In the first year of Shōji (1199) she became the Saigū, High Priestess of Ise (Note: following the Nakasuke-ō-ki, the Ichidai Yōki, the Rekidai Kōki, and the Kōtei Kishō; the Kijoshō gives the second year of Jōgen). In the first year of Kennin (1201) she went down to Ise (Note: following the Ruijū Daibunin and the Ichidai Yōki). In the first year of Genkyū (1204) she became Jusangū (Note: following the Kōtei Kishō, the Nakasuke-ō-ki, and the Meigetsuki). In the eleventh month of the fourth year of Jōgen (1210) she left office (Note: following the Ruijū Daibunin). She was called the Takatsuji Saigū (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Kōin Keizu).

¶Imperial Princess Kishi was a daughter of Tanba-no-Tsubone (Note: following the Meigetsuki, the Ichidai Yōki, and the Kōin Keizu). In the third year of Kenpō (1215) she was made an Imperial Princess and chosen by divination as the Saigū, High Priestess of Ise (Note: following the daily records of the fourth month in the various works, the Ichidai Yōki, and the Rekidai Kōki. The proclamation of her status as Imperial Princess follows the Hyakurenshō). In the ninth month of the fifth year of Kenpō (1217) she went down to Ise (Note: following the Ruijū Daibunin). In the sixth year of Kenpō (1218) she became Jusangū (Note: following the Hyakurenshō and the Ninna-ji Hinamiki). In the fourth month of the third year of Jōkyū (1221) she left office (Note: following the Ruijū Daibunin). In the first month of the second year of Kangi (1230) she left the world and entered religion (Note: following the Meigetsuki). She was called the Fukakusa Saigū (Note: following the Meigetsuki, the Kōin Shōunroku, and the Kōin Keizu).

¶An imperial princess whose name is not recorded was a daughter of a woman of Junior Third Rank of the Minamoto clan (Note: following the entry for the second year of Kangi in the Meigetsuki. Because the order of this princess's birth cannot be determined, she is set down here for the time being).

¶[Tsuchimikado] Ninth Daughter

¶Imperial Princess Kakushi was the elder sister, by the same mother, of Emperor Go-Saga (Note: following the Hyakurenshō and the Nyoin Shōden). At first she left the world and became a nun (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki and the Nyoin Shōden). Her Dharma name was Shinnyokaku (Note: following the Nyoin Shōden). When Emperor Go-Saga succeeded to the imperial line, she was made an Imperial Princess and became Jusangū (Note: following the Hyakurenshō, the Rekidai Kōki, and the Nyoin Shōden). She took the title Ōgimachi-in (Note: following the Masukagami) and continued to receive nenkan and nenshaku as before (Note: following the Ban-ki as quoted in the Ingō Sadame Burui-ki). In the eighth month of the eighth year of Kōan (1285) she died (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki and the Nyoin Shōden; the entry for the second year of Jōwa in the Enta Ryaku gives her death as the fifth year of Kōan). She was seventy-three years old (Note: following the Nyoin Shōden).

¶Imperial Princess Gishi was a daughter of a palace woman of the Minamoto clan (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki, the Kōin Shōunroku, and the Nyoin Shōden. One account in the Ichidai Yōki makes her a daughter of Emperor Go-Saga, which is mistaken). In the second year of Kangen (1244) she was made an Imperial Princess and chosen by divination as the Saigū, High Priestess of Ise (Note: following the Nyoin Shōden). Before she had yet gone down to Ise, the emperor abdicated, and she was relieved of her office (Note: following the Nyoin Shōden and the Ruijū Daibunin). She became the quasi-mother of Emperor Go-Saga (Note: following the Masukagami). In the second year of Hōji (1248) she was honored with the title of Empress. In the third year of Kenchō (1251) she was granted the title Senka-mon'in (Note: following the Hyakurenshō, the Rekidai Kōki, and the Nyoin Shōden). In the eighth month of the second year of Kōchō (1262) she died (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki, the Rekidai Kōki, and the Nyoin Shōden). She was thirty-nine years old (Note: based on the statement in the Ruijū Daibunin that she was twenty-one in the second year of Kangen).

¶An imperial princess whose name is not recorded was a daughter of Takashina, Naishi-no-jō, Senior Handmaid (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki).

¶Imperial Princess Junshi (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki, the Kōin Shōunroku, and the Kōin Keizu; the Hyakurenshō writes her name as "諒子") was a daughter of a palace woman of the Minamoto clan (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki). In the early years of Kenchō (from 1249) she was made an Imperial Princess (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki and the Hyakurenshō) and became Jusangū (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Kōin Keizu).

¶Shūshi was a daughter of Minamoto, Naishi-no-jō, Senior Handmaid (Note: the Ichidai Yōki and the Kōin Shōunroku were consulted. The four princesses that follow are not found in other sources, and the two works differ in fullness of detail, so the entries have been written by comparing the two).

¶Shunshi was a daughter of a palace woman of the Minamoto clan.

¶Chishi was a daughter of a palace woman of the Fujiwara clan.

¶Shinshi was a daughter of a palace woman of the Fujiwara clan.

¶Zeshi was a daughter of a palace woman, Tanba-no-Tsubone.

¶[Juntoku] Second Daughter

¶Imperial Princess Taishi was a daughter of the Empress Fujiwara (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki, the Kōin Shōunroku, and the Kijoshō; the Nyoin Shōden writes her name as "端子"). In the first year of Jōkyū (1219) she was made an Imperial Princess (Note: following the Ninna-ji Hinamiki and the Nyoin Shōden). In the second year of Katei (1236) she became Jusangū and took the title Meigi-mon'in (Note: following the Hyakurenshō and the Nyoin Shōden). She continued to receive nenkan and nenshaku as before (Note: following the Geki-ki and the Moromitsu-ki as quoted in the Ingō Sadame Burui-ki). In the third month of the first year of Kangen (1243) she died (Note: following the Hyakurenshō and the Nyoin Shōden). She was thirty-two years old (Note: following the Nyoin Shōden, which gives this as of the eighth month of the first year of Jōkyū).

¶Imperial Princess Nōshi was a daughter of a palace woman of the Fujiwara clan (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Kōin Keizu). In the third year of Kenchō (1251) she was made an Imperial Princess, became Jusangū, and took the title Eian-mon'in (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki and the Nyoin Shōden; the Hyakurenshō and the Rekidai Kōki were also consulted). In the fifth year of Kenchō (1253) she left the world and entered religion, taking the Dharma name Richikaku. In the eleventh month of the second year of Kōan (1279) she died. She was sixty-four years old (Note: following the Nyoin Shōden; the Rekidai Kōki gives her death as the third year of Kōan, at the age of sixty-seven).

¶[Deposed Emperor of Kujō] First Daughter Imperial Princess Gishi was a daughter of Ukyō-no-Daibu-no-Tsubone (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki, the Nyoin-ki, and the Nyoin Shōden). Imperial Princess Kishi took her as an adopted daughter (Note: following the Izayoi Nikki). In the first year of Shōka (1257) she was made an Imperial Princess (Note: following the Hyakurenshō and the Nyoin Shōden). In the first year of Kōchō (1261) she became Jusangū (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki and the Nyoin Shōden) and took the title Watoku-mon'in (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki, the Rekidai Kōki, and the Kijoshō). In the tenth year of Kōan (1287) she left the world and entered religion, taking the Dharma name Shinnyokaku. In the twelfth month of the second year of Shōō (1289) she died. She was fifty-six years old (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki and the Nyoin Shōden. The Dharma name follows the Nyoin Shōden).

¶[Go-Horikawa] Fourth Daughter

¶Imperial Princess Kishi (Note: following the Hyakurenshō, the Kōin Shōunroku, and the Ban-ki as quoted in the Ingō Sadame Burui-ki. The Kōin Keizu and the Ichidai Yōki write "暉" as "暐," the Yōki also writes it as "暲," and the Shōunroku writes it as "瞕") was a daughter of a Naishi-no-suke, Assistant Handmaid, of the Fujiwara clan (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki, the Rekidai Kōki, and the Nyoin Shōden). She was called the Jimyōin Palace (Note: following the Heikoki and the Hyakurenshō). In the first year of Ninji (1240) she was made an Imperial Princess (Note: following the Heikoki, the Hyakurenshō, and the Nyoin Shōden). In the first year of Kangen (1243) she became Jusangū (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki and the Nyoin Shōden). She took the title Muromachi-in and continued to receive nenkan, nenshaku, and fief households as before (Note: following the Ban-ki as quoted in the Ingō Sadame Burui-ki). In the fourth year of Kangen (1246) she left the world and entered religion (Note: following the Hyakurenshō, the Rekidai Kōki, and the Nyoin Shōden). Her Dharma name was Myōhōkaku (Note: following the Nyoin Shōden). In the fifth month of the second year of Shōan (1300) she died (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki and the Nyoin Shōden). She was seventy-three years old (Note: following the Nyoin Shōden; the Rekidai Kōki gives seventy-five, which is mistaken).

¶Imperial Princess Taishi was a younger sister of Imperial Princess Kishi, by the same mother (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki, the Rekidai Kōki, and the Nyoin Shōden). In the first year of Kōgen (1256) she was made an Imperial Princess (Note: following the Hyakurenshō, the Ichidai Yōki, and the Nyoin Shōden), became Jusangū, and took the title Shinsen-mon'in (Note: following the Hyakurenshō and the Nyoin Shōden; the Ichidai Yōki and the Rekidai Kōki were also consulted). In the first year of Kōchō (1261) she left the world and entered religion (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki and the Nyoin Shōden). Her Dharma name was Myōchikaku (Note: following the Nyoin Shōden). In the tenth month of the third year of Shōan (1301) she died. She was seventy-one years old (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki and the Nyoin Shōden).

¶Imperial Princess Ikushi was a daughter of a Naishi-no-suke, Assistant Handmaid, of the Fujiwara clan (Note: following the Meigetsuki, the Kōin Shōunroku, and the Sonpi Bunmyaku. The Ichidai Yōki makes her a daughter of the Retired Emperor Go-Takakura, which is mistaken). In the third year of Katei (1237) she became the Saigū, High Priestess of Ise (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki and the Kijoshō). In the first year of Enō (1239) she went down to Ise. In the third year of Ninji (1242) she left office and returned to the capital (Note: following the Ruijū Daibunin). In the eighth month of the fourth year of Kangen (1246) she died (Note: following the Hyakurenshō). She was sixteen years old (Note: based on the Meigetsuki, which says she was born in the third year of Kangi, and the Hyakurenshō, which says she was seven in the third year of Katei).

¶Junshi's mother's clan is not recorded (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku).