Imperial Consorts V

Empress Fujiwara (Takaiko)

¶Emperor Seiwa's Empress, of the Fujiwara clan, was named Takaiko and was the second daughter of Fujiwara-no-Nagayoshi, Chūnagon, Middle Counsellor (Note: following the Gukanshō, the Kijosho, and the Ichidai Yōki). While she was still in her parents' house, her elder brother Mototsune had a dream: the Empress lay sleeping in the garden, and after a while her belly burst open and a vapor rose from it, reached the heavens, and became a cloud. Afterwards she was chosen and entered the palace (Note: according to the Ōkagami, while the Empress was still at home she had a secret affair with Ariwara-no-Narihira, who stole her away and fled with her by night, but her elder brothers Kunitsune and Mototsune pursued them and brought her back. Later, through the connection of the Somedono Empress, Fujiwara-no-Akiko, she came and went at court and at last won the emperor's favor. The phrase "chosen and entered the palace" was, it seems, a concealment out of reluctance to name this fact). She was granted Junior Fifth Rank Lower. In the twelfth month of the eighth year of Jōgan (866) she became Nyōgo, Consort. In the ninth year (867) she advanced to Senior Fifth Rank Lower. She bore Emperor Yōzei, Imperial Prince Sadayasu, and Imperial Princess Noriko (Note: the Saiin-ki and the Kōin Shōunroku also make Imperial Princess Atsuko, like Takaiko, a mother of Imperial Prince Sadahira, but this is mistaken). In the eleventh year (869) she advanced to Junior Fourth Rank Lower, and in the thirteenth year (871) she was granted Junior Third Rank. When Emperor Yōzei ascended the throne, she was honored as Kōtaifujin, Grand Imperial Consort (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku) and was styled Chūgū, the Empress (Note: following the Ōkagami and the Chūyūki). In the sixth year of Gangyō (882) she was honored as Empress Dowager. In the previous year the Empress Dowager had reached the age of forty, but because of the period of great mourning the ceremony of congratulating her longevity was not held. In the third month a banquet was held in the Seiryōden, with music and dance, and the court nobles all attended (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku). In the eighth year of Kanpyō (896), because of the offense of a secret liaison with Zen'yū, a monk of the Tōkōji temple, she was deposed from the rank of Empress (Note: following the Fusō Ryakki and the Nihon Kiryaku). Afterwards she was granted a fief of four hundred households (Note: following the Uragaki of the Ōkagami). In the third month of the tenth year of Engi (910) she died, at the age of sixty-nine (Note: following the Nihon Kiryaku, the Fusō Ryakki, and the Uragaki of the Ōkagami). On that day the emperor did not attend to government (Note: following the Nihon Kiryaku; this text does not record for how many days government was suspended). In the sixth year of Tenkyō (943) her former rank was restored (Note: following the Uragaki of the Ōkagami and the Ichidai Yōki). She was called the Nijō Empress (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki, the Kokinshū, and the Ōkagami).

Fujiwara-no-Tamiko

¶The Nyōgo, Consort, Fujiwara-no-Tamiko was a daughter of Fujiwara-no-Yoshimi, Minister of the Right. Her nature was gentle and composed, her beauty was great, and she was praised for womanly virtue. In the fifth year of Jōgan (863) she was granted Junior Fourth Rank Lower. At the emperor's coming-of-age ceremony she was chosen and entered the palace, and she monopolized his favor. Within a few days she became Nyōgo and was granted Junior Third Rank. In the eighth year (866), by imperial command, she was given one half of a nenkan appointment and one share of a nenshaku rank grant. In the ninth year (867) she was promoted to Senior Third Rank; in the first year of Gangyō (877) she advanced to Junior Second Rank, and in the seventh year (883) she reached Senior Second Rank. In the second year of Ninna (886) she died. Tamiko's virtue and conduct were very high; relatives both within and outside the household relied on her, and the emperor held her in respect. When the emperor left the world and took the Buddhist form, Tamiko likewise became a nun and kept the precepts with diligence. After the emperor died, she gathered the writings in his own hand that he had given her during his life, used them to copy the Lotus Sutra, and held a Buddhist service to dedicate it. She received the Mahayana precepts and died on that very day (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku).

Taira-no-Hiroko

¶The Nyōgo, Consort, Taira-no-Hiroko became Nyōgo in the sixth year of Jōgan (864). In the eighth year (866) she was granted Senior Fifth Rank Lower, and in the tenth year (868) she advanced to Junior Fourth Rank Lower (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku).

Princess Kashi

¶The Nyōgo, Consort, Princess Kashi was raised to Junior Fourth Rank Lower in the first year of Jōgan (859). In the ninth year (867) she became Nyōgo, and in the tenth year (868) she advanced to Junior Fourth Rank Upper (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku).

Minamoto-no-Nariko

¶The Nyōgo, Consort, Minamoto-no-Nariko became Nyōgo in the ninth year of Jōgan (867), and in the tenth year (868) she was granted Junior Fourth Rank Upper (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku).

Minamoto-no-Sadako

¶The Nyōgo, Consort, Minamoto-no-Sadako became Nyōgo in the ninth year of Jōgan (867), and in the tenth year (868) she was granted Junior Fourth Rank Lower. In the fifteenth year (873) she died (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku). She was called the Unmeiden Nyōgo, Consort of the Unmeiden (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki).

Princess Takako

¶The Nyōgo, Consort, Princess Takako was raised to Senior Fourth Rank Lower in the first year of Gangyō (877) (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku).

Princess Kaneko

¶The Nyōgo, Consort, Princess Kaneko became Nyōgo in the fifteenth year of Jōgan (873), and in the first year of Gangyō (877) she was raised to Senior Fourth Rank Lower (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku).

Princess Tadako

¶The Nyōgo, Consort, Princess Tadako became Nyōgo in the twelfth year of Jōgan (870) (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku) and was raised to Junior Fourth Rank Lower (Note: following the Nihon Kiryaku and the Ichidai Yōki). In the fourth year of Engi (904) she died (Note: following the Nihon Kiryaku).

Fujiwara-no-Yoriko

¶The Nyōgo, Consort, Fujiwara-no-Yoriko was a daughter of Fujiwara-no-Mototsune, Dajō-daijin, Chancellor. She became Nyōgo (Note: following the Sonpi Bunmyaku and the Ichidai Yōki) and was raised to Junior Fourth Rank Lower (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki).

Fujiwara-no-Kasuko

¶The Nyōgo, Consort, Fujiwara-no-Kasuko was a younger sister of Yoriko (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku, with the Kōin Shōunroku, the Sonpi Bunmyaku, and the Ichidai Yōki also consulted). In the fifteenth year of Jōgan (873) she became Nyōgo (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku) and was raised to Senior Fifth Rank Lower (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki). She bore Imperial Prince Sadatoki (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku, with the Kōin Shōunroku and the Ichidai Yōki also consulted).

Minamoto-no-Itsuko

¶The Nyōgo, Consort, Minamoto-no-Itsuko was a daughter of Minamoto-no-Yoshiari, Minister of the Right (Note: following the Genji Keizu). She became Nyōgo and was raised to Junior Fourth Rank Lower. In the third year of Gangyō (879) she died (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku). She was called the Unmeiden Nyōgo, Consort of the Unmeiden (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki).

Minamoto-no-Kenko

¶The Nyōgo, Consort, Minamoto-no-Kenko was raised to Senior Fifth Rank Lower (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku). Later she advanced to Senior Fourth Rank Lower (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki).

Minamoto-no-Giko

¶The Nyōgo, Consort, Minamoto-no-Giko was a daughter of Okimoto, Sangi, Councillor. In the eighteenth year of Jōgan (876) she became Nyōgo (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku) and was raised to Senior Fifth Rank Lower (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki).

Lady Fujiwara

¶The Kōi, Dressing Lady, of the Fujiwara clan was a daughter of Yoshichika, Jingi-haku, Director of the Department of Divinities. She bore Imperial Prince Sadahira and Imperial Princess Satoko (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku).

Lady Ariwara

¶The Kōi, Dressing Lady, of the Ariwara clan was a daughter of Ariwara-no-Yukihira, Chūnagon, Middle Counsellor. She bore Imperial Prince Sadakazu and Imperial Princess Kaneko (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku).

Lady Fujiwara

¶The Kōi, Dressing Lady, of the Fujiwara clan was a daughter of Morofuji, Saigū-no-kami, Director of the Office of the Saiō. She bore Imperial Prince Sadazane (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku. The Ichidai Yōki writes "Morofuji" as "Setsunari," which is mistaken).

Lady Fujiwara

¶The Kōi, Dressing Lady, of the Fujiwara clan was a daughter of Naomune, Moku-no-gon-no-daijō, Provisional Senior Secretary of the Bureau of Carpentry. She bore Imperial Prince Sadayori (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku).

Lady Saeki

¶The Kōi, Dressing Lady, of the Saeki clan was a daughter of Kofusa, Shinano-no-gon-no-suke, Provisional Assistant Governor of Shinano. She bore Minamoto-no-Nagaakira and Minamoto-no-Nagayori (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku).

Lady Tachibana

¶Lady Tachibana was a daughter of Yasukage, Jibu-no-taifu, Senior Assistant Minister of Civil Administration. She bore Imperial Prince Sadakata (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku).

Lady Fujiwara

¶Lady Fujiwara was a daughter of Nakamune, Sangi, Councillor. She bore Imperial Prince Sadamoto (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku).

Lady Ō

¶Lady Ō was a daughter of Prince Munesada, Nakatsukasa-no-taifu, Senior Assistant Minister of Central Affairs. She bore Imperial Prince Sadazumi (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku).

Lady Fujiwara

¶Lady Fujiwara was a daughter of Morokazu, Chūnagon, Middle Counsellor. She bore Imperial Princess Takeko (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku).

Lady Kamo

¶Lady Kamo was a daughter of Hitsuo, Etchū-no-kami, Governor of Etchū. She bore Minamoto-no-Naganori and Minamoto-no-Noriko (Note: according to the Kōin Shōunroku, the mother of Naganori and Noriko was of the Ōno clan, and another account holds that Noriko's mother was the same as the mother of Imperial Prince Sadahira; both are mistaken, and the Sandai Jitsuroku is followed here).

Lady Ōno

¶Lady Ōno was a daughter of Takatori, Iwami-no-kami, Governor of Iwami. She bore Minamoto-no-Nagafuchi (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku).

¶[Emperor Yōzei]

Princess Aneko

¶Princess Aneko, of Emperor Yōzei's rear palace, was granted Junior Third Rank. She bore Imperial Prince Motonaga, Imperial Prince Mototoshi, Imperial Princess Nagako, and Imperial Princess Itsuko (Note: following the Genji Keizu and the Teiō Hennenki).

Lady Fujiwara

¶Lady Fujiwara was a daughter of Tōnaga, Tonomo-no-kami, Director of the Palace Household Office. She bore Imperial Prince Motoyoshi and Imperial Prince Motohira (Note: following the Genji Keizu and the Kōin Shōunroku).

Lady Ki

¶Lady Ki was called Ki-no-Kimi. She bore Minamoto-no-Kiyokage (Note: following the Genji Keizu and the Kōin Shōunroku).

Lady Tomo

¶Lady Tomo bore Minamoto-no-Kiyoakira (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki and the Teiō Hennenki).

Lady Saeki

¶Lady Saeki bore Minamoto-no-Kiyotō (Note: following the Genji Keizu, the Kōin Shōunroku, and the Teiō Hennenki).

¶[Emperor Kōkō]

Empress Ō (Hanshi)

¶Emperor Kōkō's Empress, of the Ō line, was named Hanshi and was a daughter of Imperial Prince Nakano. She was taken into the household while the emperor was still in the hidden-dragon days before his accession, and was granted Junior Fourth Rank Lower (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku). She bore Imperial Prince Koretada and Imperial Prince Koresada (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki and the Teiō Hennenki), Emperor Uda (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku and the Teiō Hennenki), Minamoto-no-Motonaga (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki), Imperial Princess Tadako (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Teiō Hennenki), Imperial Princess Kanko (Note: following the Teiō Hennenki), and Imperial Princess Yasuko and Imperial Princess Iko (Note: following the Kōin Keizu and the Teiō Hennenki). When the emperor ascended the throne she advanced to Junior Third Rank and became Nyōgo, Consort. In the third year of Ninna (887) she advanced to Junior Second Rank (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku). When Emperor Uda ascended the throne she was honored as Kōtaifujin, Grand Imperial Consort, and in the ninth year of Kanpyō (897) she was honored as Empress Dowager (Note: following the Uragaki of the Ōkagami). In the fourth month of the third year of Shōtai (900) she died, at the age of forty-eight. She was buried beside the Zudaji temple in Kadono district and was called the Tōin Empress Dowager (Note: following the Nihon Kiryaku and the Fusō Ryakki). When she first lived in the Komatsu Palace, she liked to go out to the market herself and buy things. Even after she had attained high station, once a day she would make a pretense of going about her curtained dais buying things, and it was said that unless she did so her spirits were not at ease (Note: following the Yotsugi Monogatari).

Fujiwara-no-Kamiko

¶The Nyōgo, Consort, Fujiwara-no-Kamiko was granted Junior Fourth Rank Lower. In the eighth year of Gangyō (884) she became Nyōgo, and in the third year of Ninna (887) she advanced to Senior Fourth Rank Lower (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku). In the eighth year of Kanpyō (896) she advanced to Junior Third Rank (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki), and in the seventh month of the first year of Shōtai (898) she died (Note: following the Nihon Kiryaku and the Ichidai Yōki).

Taira-no-Tōshi

¶The Nyōgo, Consort, Taira-no-Tōshi became Nyōgo in the eighth year of Gangyō (884). In the second year of Ninna (886) she was granted Senior Fifth Rank Lower (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku), and later she advanced to Junior Third Rank (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki).

Fujiwara-no-Motoyoshi

¶The Nyōgo, Consort, Fujiwara-no-Motoyoshi was a daughter of Fujiwara-no-Yamakage, Chūnagon, Middle Counsellor. She became a Kōi, Dressing Lady, and was raised to Junior Fifth Rank Upper, and in the third year of Ninna (887) she became Nyōgo (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku).

Lady Sanuki

¶The Kōi, Dressing Lady, of the Sanuki clan was a daughter of Naganao, Daihanji, Chief Judge. She bore Minamoto-no-Furuakira (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku).

Lady Ō

¶Lady Ō was a daughter of Prince Seijo, Sangi, Councillor. She bore Imperial Princess Mutsuko (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku, the Saiin-ki, and the Kijosho. In the Kugyō Bunin and the various genealogies no person called "Prince Seijo" appears, and the name is probably a mistake for "Prince Masami").

Lady Fuse

¶Lady Fuse bore Shimizu-no-Kiyozane (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku).

Lady Taji

¶Lady Taji bore Yuruko (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku).

¶[Emperor Uda]

Empress Fujiwara (Onshi)

¶Emperor Uda's Empress, of the Fujiwara clan, was named Onshi and was a daughter of Fujiwara-no-Mototsune, Dajō-daijin, Chancellor. In the tenth month of the fourth year of Ninna (888) she entered the palace. She was granted Senior Fourth Rank Lower and became Nyōgo, Consort (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki). She bore Imperial Princess Kinshi (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki and the Kōin Shōunroku). In the fifth year of Kanpyō (893) she advanced to Senior Third Rank (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki). When Emperor Daigo ascended the throne she was honored as Kōtaifujin, Grand Imperial Consort, and was styled Chūgū, the Empress (Note: following the Nihon Kiryaku and the Ichidai Yōki). In the fifth month of the fifth year of Engi (905) she shaved her hair and took religious vows (Note: following the Nihon Kiryaku and the Fusō Ryakki; the Ichidai Yōki gives the first month, which is mistaken). In the sixth month of the seventh year (907) she died, at the age of thirty-six (Note: the Ichidai Yōki gives forty-six, but here the Nihon Kiryaku and the Fusō Ryakki are followed; see also the entry for the second year of Eikyū in the Chūyūki). She was called the Higashi-Shichijō Empress (Note: following the Nihon Kiryaku and the Fusō Ryakki).

Empress Fujiwara (Inshi)

¶The Empress, of the Fujiwara clan, was named Inshi and was the eldest daughter of Fujiwara-no-Takafuji, Naidaijin, Minister of the Interior. In the ninth month of the fourth year of Ninna (888) she became Kōi, Dressing Lady, and in the first month of the fifth year of Kanpyō (893) she was granted Junior Fourth Rank Lower and became Nyōgo, Consort (Note: following the Uragaki of the Ōkagami). She bore Emperor Daigo (Note: following the Nihon Kiryaku and the Fusō Ryakki), Imperial Prince Atsuyoshi, Imperial Prince Atsukata, Imperial Prince Atsumi, and Imperial Princess Jūshi (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku). In the sixth month of the eighth year (896) she died (Note: following the Uragaki of the Ōkagami and the Ichidai Yōki). She was buried at Ono in Uji district (Note: following the Engishiki). When Emperor Daigo ascended the throne, she was posthumously honored as Empress Dowager (Note: following the Nihon Kiryaku and the Uragaki of the Ōkagami), a kokki, state memorial day, was established for her, and she was placed among those to whom the nosaki offerings were presented (Note: following the Engishiki). In the eighth month of the third year of Engi (903) the emperor himself copied the Lotus Sutra and prayed for her happiness in the afterlife at the Kajūji temple (Note: following the Nihon Kiryaku). In the eighth month of the third year of Enchō (925) a rite of the embroidered mandala was held at the Kajūji (Note: following the Nihon Kiryaku and the Fusō Ryakki).

Tachibana-no-Yoshiko

¶The Nyōgo, Consort, Tachibana-no-Yoshiko was a daughter of Tachibana-no-Hiromi, Sangi, Councillor (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Ichidai Yōki). In the fifth year of Kanpyō (893) she became Nyōgo, and in the eighth year (896) she was granted Junior Fourth Rank Upper (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki). She bore Imperial Prince Nakamoto, Imperial Prince Tokiyo, and Imperial Prince Narikuni (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Ichidai Yōki), and Imperial Princess Kimiko (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Kijosho).

Sugawara-no-Nobuko

¶The Nyōgo, Consort, Sugawara-no-Nobuko was the eldest daughter of Sugawara-no-Michizane, Minister of the Right (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki and the Sonpi Bunmyaku). In the eighth year of Kanpyō (896) she became Nyōgo and was raised to Junior Fourth Rank Lower (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki).

Tachibana-no-Fusako

¶The Nyōgo, Consort, Tachibana-no-Fusako became Nyōgo and was raised to Junior Fourth Rank Lower. In the fifth year of Kanpyō (893) she died (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki).

Minamoto-no-Sadako

¶The Kōi, Dressing Lady, Minamoto-no-Sadako was a daughter of Minamoto-no-Noboru, Dainagon, Major Counsellor. She was granted Junior Fifth Rank Upper. She bore Imperial Princess Yoriko (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Ichidai Yōki).

Fujiwara-no-Hōshi

¶The Naishi-no-kami, Principal Handmaid, Fujiwara-no-Hōshi was a daughter of Fujiwara-no-Tokihira, Sadaijin, Minister of the Left. She bore Imperial Prince Masaakira, Imperial Prince Noriakira, and Imperial Prince Yukiakira. She advanced to Junior Second Rank. She was called the Kyōgoku Miyasudokoro (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Ichidai Yōki) and also the Tominokōji Miyasudokoro (Note: following the Ōkagami).

Lady Fujiwara

¶Lady Fujiwara was a daughter of Tsugukage, Yamato-no-kami, Governor of Yamato. At first she served the Higashi-Shichijō Empress (Onshi). Because Tsugukage was at that time Governor of Ise (Note: following the Fujiwara Keizu and the Kasen-den), she was called Ise (Note: following the Fujiwara Keizu). She excelled at waka and won the emperor's favor, and bore him a prince (Note: following the Ise Kashū, the Fujiwara Keizu, and the Kasen-den. The Ise Kashū says that the prince died young, at the age of eight, but does not record his name, and today there is no means of establishing it).

Lady Ō

¶Lady Ō was a daughter of Prince Toyo, Sangi, Councillor. She bore Imperial Princess Fushi (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Ichidai Yōki).

Lady Fujiwara

¶Lady Fujiwara was a daughter of Arizane, Sangi, Councillor. She bore Imperial Princess Kaishi (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Ichidai Yōki) and Imperial Princess Sueko (Note: following the Kōin Keizu).

¶[Emperor Daigo]

Empress Fujiwara (Onshi)

¶Emperor Daigo's Empress, of the Fujiwara clan, was named Onshi and was the fourth daughter of Fujiwara-no-Mototsune, Dajō-daijin, Chancellor (Note: following the Fusō Ryakki and the Uragaki of the Ōkagami). In the first year of Engi (901) she became Nyōgo, Consort (Note: following the Nihon Kiryaku and the Uragaki of the Ōkagami), and later she was granted Junior Third Rank (Note: following the Uragaki of the Ōkagami). She bore Crown Prince Montoku, Emperor Suzaku, Emperor Murakami (Note: following the Nihon Kiryaku, the Fusō Ryakki, and the Uragaki of the Ōkagami), and Imperial Princess Yasuko (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Ichidai Yōki). In the fourth month of the first year of Enchō (923) she was installed as Empress (Note: following the Ōkagami, the Fusō Ryakki, and the Ichidai Yōki). In the first year of Jōhei (931) she was honored as Empress Dowager (Note: following the Nihon Kiryaku and the Ichidai Yōki). In the third month of the fourth year (934) the Empress Dowager reached the age of fifty, and the emperor held the ceremony of congratulation on her longevity in the Jōneiden, had sutras chanted at the various temples, and had fifty persons ordained. In the tenth month of the second year of Tengyō (939) she fell ill, and sixty persons were ordained. In the seventh year (944) she reached the age of sixty, and by imperial command sutras were chanted at thirteen temples and gifts were given to the poor of the capital. When Emperor Murakami ascended the throne, she was honored as Grand Empress Dowager (Note: following the Nihon Kiryaku). In the first month of the eighth year of Tenryaku (954) she died in the Shōyōsha, at the age of seventy (Note: following the Fusō Ryakki). She was buried at the Uji Mausoleum and was placed among those to whom the nosaki offerings were presented (Note: following the Saikyūki and the Gōke Shidai). A kokki, state memorial day, was established for her at the Tōji temple (Note: following the Gōke Shidai). In addition, the holding each year of the Hokke Hakkō, the eight lectures on the Lotus Sutra, at the Hōshōji temple to pray for her happiness in the afterlife became a permanent fixed observance (Note: following the Kuji Kongen).

Imperial Princess Ishi

¶The Hi, Imperial Consort, Imperial Princess Ishi was a daughter of Emperor Kōkō. In the eighth year of Gangyō (884) she was granted the surname Minamoto-no-Ason (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku). In the third year of Kanpyō (891) she became an Imperial Princess (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki). When Emperor Daigo received the abdication and took the throne, she entered the palace, was granted Third Grade, and became Hi (Note: following the Nihon Kiryaku and the Ichidai Yōki). She bore Imperial Princess Kanko (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku). In the third month of the second year of Shōtai (899) she died. The emperor did not attend to government for three days. Fujiwara-no-Kunitsune, Chūnagon, was sent to her residence to proclaim an edict, and she was posthumously granted First Grade (Note: following the Nihon Kiryaku).

Minamoto-no-Wako

¶The Nyōgo, Consort, Minamoto-no-Wako was a daughter of Emperor Kōkō. In the first year of Ninna (885) she was granted the surname Minamoto-no-Ason (Note: following the Sandai Jitsuroku). Later she entered the palace, was granted Senior Third Rank, and became Nyōgo, and she was called the Jōkyōden Nyōgo, Consort of the Jōkyōden (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki). She bore Imperial Prince Tsuneakira, Imperial Prince Noriakira, and Imperial Prince Ariakira (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki and the Kōin Shōunroku), and Imperial Princess Keishi, Imperial Princess Shōshi, and Imperial Princess Saishi (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku). In the seventh month of the first year of Tenryaku (947) she died (Note: following the Nihon Kiryaku).

Fujiwara-no-Jinzenshi

¶The Nyōgo, Consort, Fujiwara-no-Jinzenshi (Note: the Ichidai Yōki lacks the character "Jin," and here the Fujiwara Keizu is followed) was a daughter of Fujiwara-no-Sadakata, Minister of the Right (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki, the Fujiwara Keizu, and the Sakusha Burui). She was granted Senior Fifth Rank Lower (Note: following the Nihon Kiryaku; the Ichidai Yōki gives Senior Third Rank, which is mistaken). She was called the Sanjō Miyasudokoro (Note: following the Fujiwara Keizu. The Nihon Kiryaku lists Jinzenshi and Nōshi side by side, saying that both were Nyōgo and afterwards married Fujiwara-no-Saneyori. Their careers are very much alike, and since the Ichidai Yōki lacks the character "Jin," and since "Zen" and "Nō" have the same kun reading, it may be thought that these two are one and the same person. However, the Kiryaku, the Yōki, and the Kakaishō all list the two together, so it cannot be lightly concluded that they are one person. Moreover, the entry for the nineteenth day of the twelfth month of the eighth year of Tenkyō in the Geki Nikki records the death of Fujiwara-no-Ason Jinzenshi, of Senior Fifth Rank Lower, who is said to have been the first daughter of the late Chancellor posthumously honored, Sadakata, and the mother of the Princess Nyōgo, Miyasudokoro of the former crown prince. The Fujiwara-no-Jinzenshi listed here ought to have been the daughter of Fujiwara-no-Tokihira, Minister of the Left, who entered the household of Crown Prince Montoku, and not the daughter of Sadakata who became Nyōgo to the emperor; but since the names and ranks happen to be the same, it is extremely confusing. For the present, the old texts of the various books are followed and she is listed here).

Fujiwara-no-Nōshi

¶The Nyōgo, Consort, Fujiwara-no-Nōshi was likewise a daughter of Sadakata (Note: the Fujiwara Keizu lists the Kōi Kinshi as a younger sister of Jinzenshi but does not list Nōshi. The Nōshi who appears in the Kakaishō is written in one book as Kinshi. The "Kinshi" of the genealogy is therefore probably an error arising from the similarity of the characters). In the fourth month of the first year of Kōhō (964) she died (Note: following the Nihon Kiryaku).

Fujiwara-no-Wakako

¶The Nyōgo, Consort, Fujiwara-no-Wakako was a daughter of Fujiwara-no-Sadakuni, Dainagon, Major Counsellor. She was granted Senior Fifth Rank Lower and in the third year of Engi (903) became Nyōgo. In the eleventh month of the fifth year of Jōhei (935) she died (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki).

Fujiwara-no-Shukuki

¶The Kōi, Dressing Lady, Fujiwara-no-Shukuki was a daughter of Sugane, Sangi, Councillor. She became Kōi and was raised to Junior Fourth Rank Upper (Note: following the Kugyō Bunin and the Ichidai Yōki). She bore Imperial Prince Nagaakira and Imperial Prince Kaneakira (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki and the Kōin Shōunroku), and Imperial Princess Eishi and Minamoto-no-Yoriakira (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Kōin Keizu). In the eighth month of the second year of Tenryaku (948) she died (Note: following the Kugyō Bunin).

Minamoto-no-Chikako

¶The Kōi, Dressing Lady, Minamoto-no-Chikako was a daughter of Minamoto-no-Tonau, Udaiben, Major Controller of the Right (Note: following the Kugyō Bunin, the Kōin Shōunroku, and the Teiō Hennenki). She became Kōi and was raised to Junior Fourth Rank Lower (Note: following the Kugyō Bunin), and she was called the Ōmi no Kōi, Dressing Lady of Ōmi (Note: following the Genji Keizu; the Sakusha Burui writes "Ōmi" as "Konoe"). She bore Imperial Prince Tokiakira and Imperial Prince Moriakira (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki and the Kōin Shōunroku; one account in the Kōin Shōunroku and the genealogies makes Imperial Prince Moriakira a son of Fujiwara-no-Shukuki, and it is not known which is correct), Minamoto-no-Takaakira (Note: following the Kugyō Bunin and the Kōin Shōunroku), and Imperial Princess Kinshi, Imperial Princess Ikushi, Imperial Princess Masako, and Minamoto-no-Kaneko (Note: following the Kōin Keizu). In the sixth year of Jōhei (936) she died (Note: following the Nihon Kiryaku and the Ichidai Yōki).

Fujiwara-no-Senshi

¶The Kōi, Dressing Lady, Fujiwara-no-Senshi was a daughter of Tsuranaga, Iyo-no-suke, Assistant Governor of Iyo. She became Kōi (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku) and was raised to Junior Fifth Rank Upper (Note: following the Fusō Ryakki). She bore Imperial Prince Yoakira and Imperial Princess Kyōshi (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki and the Kōin Shōunroku), and Imperial Princess Enshi and Imperial Princess Binshi (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku). In the fourth month of the fifteenth year of Engi (915) she died (Note: following the Nihon Kiryaku and the Fusō Ryakki). By edict, bolts of silk were given as funeral gifts (Note: following the Nihon Kiryaku).

Fujiwara-no-Kuwako

¶The Kōi, Dressing Lady, Fujiwara-no-Kuwako was a daughter of Fujiwara-no-Kanesuke, Chūnagon, Middle Counsellor. She bore Imperial Prince Akiakira (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki, the Kōin Shōunroku, and the Genji Keizu).

Minamoto-no-Fūshi

¶The Kōi, Dressing Lady, Minamoto-no-Fūshi (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki; the Kōin Keizu writes "Fū" as "Tai," and it is not known which is correct) was a daughter of Furuakira, Sakyō-no-daibu, Director of the Left Capital Office (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Genji Keizu). She bore Imperial Prince Katsuakira (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki, the Kōin Shōunroku, and the Genji Keizu; the Teiō Hennenki says that a daughter of Imperial Prince Nakano bore Imperial Prince Katsuakira, but this is probably a mistake), Imperial Princess Nobuko (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Saiin-ki), and Imperial Princess Yasuko (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Kōin Keizu).

Princess Mitsuko

¶The Kōi, Dressing Lady, Princess Mitsuko was a daughter of Prince Sukemi, Minbu-no-taifu, Senior Assistant Minister of Popular Affairs. She bore Imperial Princess Shūshi (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki and the Kōin Shōunroku) and Imperial Princess Fushi (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Kōin Keizu).

Minamoto-no-Sadako

¶The Kōi, Dressing Lady, Minamoto-no-Sadako was a daughter of Minamoto-no-Noboru, Dainagon, Major Counsellor (Note: following the Sonpi Bunmyaku. One text of this book writes her name as "Wako," but at that time Wako, a daughter of Emperor Kōkō, was already a Nyōgo, and the same name cannot have been borne by both, so this is probably a mistake). She bore Imperial Prince Shigeakira (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki, the Kōin Shōunroku, the Genji Keizu, and the Teiō Hennenki). She was called the Kohachijō Miyasudokoro (Note: following the Sakusha Burui).

Lady Fujiwara

¶The Kōi, Dressing Lady, of the Fujiwara clan was a daughter of Korehira, Sangi, Councillor. She bore Minamoto-no-Tameakira and was called the Shōshō Miyasudokoro (Note: following the Sonpi Bunmyaku).

Lady Minamoto

¶Lady Minamoto was a daughter of Toshisuke, Sahyōe-no-suke, Assistant Captain of the Left Gate Guards. She bore Minamoto-no-Masaakira (Note: following the Kōin Keizu and the Kakaishō).