Imperial Consorts X

Empress Fujiwara (Kitsushi)

¶Emperor Go-Saga's Empress, of the Fujiwara clan, was named Kitsushi and was the eldest daughter of Saionji-no-Saneuji, Dajō-daijin, Chancellor (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki, the Rekidai Kōki, and the Jo'in Shōden. The Hyakurenshō writes her name as Kishi, which is mistaken). In the fourth month of the third year of Ninji (1242) she was granted Junior Third Rank (Note: following the Jo'in Shōden and the Hyakurenshō). In the sixth month she entered the palace and became Nyōgo, Consort. She was then eighteen years old (Note: following the Masukagami, the Godai Teiō Monogatari, and the Jo'in Shōden. The Heiki gives nineteen, which is mistaken).

¶She was gentle in appearance and dignified, and received exceptional favor (Note: following the Masukagami). In the eighth month she was installed as Chūgū, Empress (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki, the Rekidai Kōki, and the Jo'in Shōden). She bore Emperor Go-Fukakusa (Note: following the Hyakurenshō, the Masukagami, the Ichidai Yōki, the Rekidai Kōki, the Teiō Hennenki, and the Kōin Shōunroku), Imperial Prince Tsunetaka (Note: following the Sonpi Bunmyaku), Emperor Kameyama (Note: following the Hyakurenshō, the Ichidai Yōki, and the Kōin Shōunroku), Imperial Prince Masataka, Imperial Prince Sadayoshi, and Gekkamon-in (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku, the Jo'in Shōden, and the Kōkyū Ryakuden).

¶In the sixth month of the second year of Hōji (1248) she was presented with the title Ōmiya-in (Note: following the Kugyō Bunin, the Rekidai Kōki, the Kijo-shō, and the Shōun Yōryaku). After the emperor (Emperor Go-Saga) died, she cut her hair and became a nun (Note: following the Masukagami and the Jo'in Shōden), taking the Buddhist name Henchikaku (Note: following the Jo'in Shōden). She moved to the Kyōgoku residence of Fujiwara-no-Sanetoshi, Sangi, Councillor, and soon afterwards moved to the Zenrin-ji-dono (Note: following the Masukagami). In the ninth month of the fifth year of Shōō (1292) she died, at the age of sixty-eight (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki, the Teiō Hennenki, and the Jo'in Shōden).

¶The Empress attained both favor and power to the full, and after the emperor abdicated, the two of them served the Buddha together and copied sutras (Note: following the Masukagami and the Godai Teiō Monogatari). Whenever she went out, they always shared one carriage. As the mother of two emperors (Go-Fukakusa and Kameyama), she kept her splendor to the end, took her pleasure as she wished, and was free of sorrow from beginning to end.

¶Once, at a banquet held at the Kameyama-dono, when the wine was at its height, the Empress took up a cup and said to Emperor Kameyama, "The proverb says, 'The Son of Heaven has no father or mother.' But had I not served the late emperor (Emperor Go-Saga), how could you have ascended the throne of the Ten Virtues? Why do you not offer even a single song in return?" Emperor Kameyama composed a poem in which he wished her long life.

¶At first, when Emperor Go-Saga was dying, he secretly conveyed to the Empress his wish that the throne be passed down among the descendants of Emperor Kameyama. The court had long preserved the sword of Sakanoue-no-Tamuramaro as a treasure that protected the realm; this too was entrusted to the Empress at that time, and she secretly gave it to Emperor Kameyama. It is said that Emperor Go-Fukakusa could not help but bear a grudge against the Empress on this account (Note: following the Masukagami).

Lady Fujiwara

¶The Kōi, Wardrobe Lady, of the Fujiwara clan, was a daughter of Ōi-no-suke Toshimori, Assistant in the Palace Kitchen Office (Note: following the Kōin Keizu. That she was Kōi follows the Masukagami). She was called Nii-no-Tsubone, the Lady of Second Rank, and bore Imperial Princess Gaishi (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Masukagami).

Taira-no-Muneko

¶The Naishi-no-suke, Handmaid, Taira-no-Muneko (Tōshi) was a daughter of Taira-no-Munemoto, Moku-no-kami, Director of the Bureau of Carpentry (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Teiō Hennenki. That he was Moku-no-kami follows the Heiki. The Masukagami and the Godai Teiō Monogatari both make her a daughter of Taira-no-Munenori, Uchūben, Middle Controller of the Right).

¶She first entered the household of Emperor Shijō and became Naishi-no-jō, Junior Handmaid. She was granted Junior Fifth Rank Upper (Note: following the Heiki) and was called Hyōe-no-Naishi (Note: following the Masukagami, the Hyakurenshō, and the Godai Teiō Monogatari). While she held the duty of guarding the sword and the jewel within the palace, the emperor secretly favored her (Note: following the Masukagami). She bore Imperial Prince Munetaka (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki, the Teiō Hennenki, the Kōin Shōunroku, and the Azuma Kagami).

¶When the emperor (Emperor Go-Saga) ascended the throne, his favor deepened with each day. In the second month of the third year of Kangen (1245) she became Naishi-no-suke (Note: following the Heiki), and later she was granted Third Rank and was called Saishō-no-Sanmi (Note: following the Masukagami). When Imperial Prince Munetaka became Seii Taishōgun, Muneko was in turn granted Junior Second Rank and was called Dainagon-no-Nii-no-Tsubone (Note: following the Azuma Kagami). Soon she was advanced to Junior First Rank (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki) and was given the status of Jun-sangū, Honorary Rank of the Three Empresses (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku, the Godai Teiō Monogatari, and the Masukagami).

Lady Fujiwara

¶The Naishi-no-jō, Junior Handmaid, of the Fujiwara clan, was a daughter of Fujiwara-no-Takatoki, Gyōbu-kyō, President of the Ministry of Justice. She was called Kōtō-no-Naishi (Note: following the Sonpi Bunmyaku and the Masukagami), later called Gyōbu-kyō-no-Tsubone (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki, the Kōin Shōunroku, the Shomonzeki-fu, the Jo'in Shōden, and the Kōkyū Ryakuden), and also called Go-Bōmon-no-Tsubone (Note: compiled with reference to the Teiō Hennenki and the Sonpi Bunmyaku). She bore Imperial Prince Kakujo, a prince in holy orders (Note: following the Shomonzeki-fu), Gojō-in (Note: following the Teiō Hennenki), and one imperial princess (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku).

Lady Fujiwara

¶The Mikushigedono, Lady of the Imperial Wardrobe, of the Fujiwara clan, was a daughter of Fujiwara-no-Kinfusa, Dajō-daijin. She bore Imperial Prince Mitohito and Imperial Prince Chūjo, a prince in holy orders (Note: following the Shomonzeki-fu. That she was Mikushigedono follows the Ichidai Yōki. The Kōin Shōunroku makes Chūjo's mother a daughter of Dajō-daijin Yoshihira). In the first year of Hōji (1247) she died (Note: following the Ben-no-Naishi Nikki).

Lady Fujiwara

¶Lady Fujiwara was a daughter of Saionji-no-Kintsune, Dajō-daijin. She was granted Junior Third Rank (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki and the Jo'in Shōden) and was called Dainagon-no-Sanmi-no-Tsubone (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku). She bore Imperial Prince Jijo, a prince in holy orders (Note: following the Shomonzeki-fu), and Enseimon-in (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki, the Jo'in Shōden, and the Kōkyū Ryakuden).

Lady Fujiwara

¶Lady Fujiwara was a daughter of Fujiwara-no-Takahira, Gon-dainagon, Provisional Major Counsellor. She was granted Junior Third Rank and was called Azechi-no-Sanmi-no-Tsubone. She bore Imperial Prince Saijo, a prince in holy orders (Note: following the Shomonzeki-fu. That he was Gon-dainagon follows the Sonpi Bunmyaku).

Lady Fujiwara

¶Lady Fujiwara was a daughter of Fujiwara-no-Kanefusa, Dajō-daijin. She bore Imperial Prince Ninne, a prince in holy orders (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku. The Teiō Hennenki makes Ninne's mother a daughter of Fujiwara-no-Kaneyoshi. According to one account in the Kōin Shōunroku, the so-called daughter of Kaneyoshi was in truth a daughter of Hōgen Shōen, and so a granddaughter of Kanefusa).

Lady Fujiwara

¶Lady Fujiwara was a daughter of Fujiwara-no-Yoshiyasu, Chūnagon, Middle Counsellor (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Shomonzeki-fu). She was called Saemon-no-kami-no-Tsubone (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku). She bore Imperial Prince Enjo, a prince in holy orders (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Shomonzeki-fu).

Lady Fujiwara

¶Lady Fujiwara was a daughter of Fujiwara-no-Saneyo, Gon-chūnagon, Provisional Middle Counsellor. She bore Imperial Prince Jōjo, a prince in holy orders (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki. The Kōin Shōunroku writes Saneyo as Sanemichi. The Teiō Hennenki says, "Jōjo's mother was a daughter of Dajō-daijin Kintsune," and the Shomonzeki-fu says, "a daughter of Fujiwara-no-Yoshiyasu").

Lady Minamoto

¶Lady Minamoto's father is not known. She was a great-granddaughter of Minamoto-no-Yorimasa, of Junior Third Rank. She bore the monk Shōjo (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku).

¶[Emperor Go-Fukakusa]

Empress Fujiwara (Kōshi)

¶Emperor Go-Fukakusa's Empress, of the Fujiwara clan, was named Kōshi. She was the second daughter of Saionji-no-Saneuji, Dajō-daijin, and the younger sister, by the same mother, of Ōmiya-in (Note: following the Jo'in Shōden and the Rekidai Kōki). In the second month of the fourth year of Kangen (1246) she was granted Junior Third Rank (Note: following the Jo'in Shōden).

¶At first a marriage between her and the former Kampaku, Ichijō-no-Saneyasu, had all but been settled, but Emperor Go-Saga heard of it and ordered Saneuji to send her into the palace as Nyōgo to the emperor (Note: following the Godai Teiō Monogatari). In the eleventh month of the first year of Kōgen (1256) she entered the palace (Note: following the Hyakurenshō, the Godai Teiō Monogatari, and the Jo'in Shōden. The Masukagami gives the twelfth month, and the Rekidai Kōki says she became Nyōgo). She was eleven years older than the emperor. Following the precedent of Taikenmon-in, Emperor Go-Saga ordered that Kōshi be made the emperor's foster mother (Note: following the Masukagami).

¶In the first month of the first year of Shōka (1257) she was installed as Chūgū, Empress (Note: following the Hyakurenshō, the Jo'in Shōden, the Masukagami, the Ichidai Yōki, and the Rekidai Kōki). She bore Yūgimon-in (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki, the Teiō Hennenki, the Kōin Shōunroku, and the Kōkyū Ryakuden) and Imperial Princess Kishi (Note: following the Masukagami and the Kōin Shōunroku).

¶In the twelfth month of the first year of Shōgen (1259) she was presented with the title Higashi-Nijō-in (Note: following the Kijo-shō, the Rekidai Kōki, and the Shigō Zakki). She made the Nijō Tomi-no-kōji residence her dwelling (Note: following the Masukagami). In the sixth month of the first year of Einin (1293) she became a nun (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki and the Jo'in Shōden), taking the Buddhist name Enkyōchi (Note: following the Jo'in Shōden).

¶In the first month of the second year of Kagen (1304), her illness grew grave; she moved to the Fushimi-dono (Note: following the Masukagami) and died, at the age of seventy-three (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki, the Jo'in Shōden, and the entry for the second year of Enbun in the Enta-ryaku). The emperor (the Retired Emperor Go-Fukakusa) was so grieved that food would not pass his throat, and a few months later he died (Note: following the Masukagami).

Lady Fujiwara

¶The Naishi-no-suke, Handmaid, of the Fujiwara clan, was a daughter of Fujiwara-no-Shigemichi, Sangi, Councillor. She was called Betto-no-Naishi-no-suke. She bore Imperial Prince Kōjo, a prince in holy orders (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Shomonzeki-fu).

Fujiwara-no-Fusako

¶The Mikushigedono, Lady of the Imperial Wardrobe, Fujiwara-no-Fusako (Bōshi) was a daughter of Nijō-no-Kinchika, Naidaijin, Minister of the Interior (Note: following the Sonpi Bunmyaku and the Jo'in Shōden. That she was Mikushigedono follows the Sonpi Bunmyaku and the Masukagami). She bore Imperial Prince Hisaaki (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki, the Teiō Hennenki, and the Masukagami), Imperial Prince Gyōkaku, a prince in holy orders (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku), and Shōzenmon-in (Note: following the Jo'in Shōden and the Kōin Shōunroku). Later she was granted Junior Second Rank (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Sonpi Bunmyaku).

Miyoshi-no-Chūshi

¶Miyoshi-no-Chūshi was a daughter of Miyoshi-no-Yasuhira (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku, the Ninna-ji Goden, and the Shomonzeki-fu. Yasuhira's office and rank are missing from all the sources. The Ichidai Yōki writes Yasuhira as Masahira (政平), and the Teiō Hennenki writes it as Masahira (雅衡)). She was granted Junior First Rank and given the status of Jun-sangū (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Shomonzeki-fu). She bore Imperial Prince Shinshō, a prince in holy orders (Note: following the Ninna-ji Goden and the Shomonzeki-fu).

Fujiwara-no-Inshi

¶Fujiwara-no-Inshi was a daughter of Tōin-no-Saneo, Sadaijin, Minister of the Left, and the younger sister of Kyōgoku-in (Note: following the Jo'in Shōden and the Sonpi Bunmyaku). She was called Azuma-no-Onkata (Note: following the Masukagami and the Ichidai Yōki).

¶She bore Emperor Fushimi (Note: following the Jo'in Shōden and the Masukagami), Imperial Prince Mitsuhito (Note: following the Ninna-ji Goden, the Shomonzeki-fu, the Ichidai Yōki, and the Teiō Hennenki), and Eiyōmon-in (Note: following the Jo'in Shōden, the Kōkyū Ryakuden, and the Kōin Shōunroku). In the first month of the third year of Kōan (1280) she was granted Junior Third Rank (Note: following the Jo'in Shōden and the Kōkyū Ryakuden).

¶When Emperor Fushimi ascended the throne, she was given the status of Jun-sangū and presented with the title Genkimon-in (Note: following the Kijo-shō, the Masukagami, and the Shigō Zakki). In the eighth month of the fourth year of Kōan (1281) she became a nun (Note: following the Jo'in Shōden and the Rekidai Kōki), taking the Buddhist name Jishōchi (Note: following the Jo'in Shōden).

¶In the first year of Shōan (1299) she moved to the Nijō-dono (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki). In the eighth month of the first year of Gentoku (1329) she died at the Nakazono-dono of Jimyō-in, at the age of eighty-four (Note: following the Jo'in Shōden, the Rekidai Kōki, and the Kōkyū Ryakuden).

Fujiwara-no-Sōshi

¶Fujiwara-no-Sōshi was a daughter of Tōin-no-Kinsuke, Dajō-daijin (Note: following the Jo'in Shōden and the Ichidai Yōki). She was granted Junior First Rank and given the status of Jun-sangū (Note: following the Kōkyū Ryakuden and the Rekidai Kōki). She bore Yōtokumon-in (Note: following the Jo'in Shōden, the Kōkyū Ryakuden, and the Rekidai Kōki).

Fujiwara-no-Nariko

¶Fujiwara-no-Seishi was a daughter of Tōin-no-Kinsuke, Dajō-daijin. She was granted Junior Second Rank and was called Dainagon-no-Nii. She bore Imperial Prince Yukihito (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku).

¶[Emperor Kameyama]

Empress Fujiwara (Kitsushi)

¶Emperor Kameyama's Empress, of the Fujiwara clan, was named Kitsushi. She was the eldest daughter of Tōin-no-Saneo, Sadaijin, Minister of the Left (Note: the Ichidai Yōki writes the name as Kitsushi (姞子), and the Rekidai Kōki writes it as Kishi (嬉)). In the tenth month of the first year of Bun'ō (1260) she became Nyōgo-dai, Acting Consort (Note: following the Jo'in Shōden and the Sonpi Bunmyaku). In the twelfth month she was granted Junior Third Rank (Note: following the Jo'in Shōden and the Kōkyū Ryakuden).

¶She entered the palace, and Ōmiya-in took her as an adopted daughter (Note: following the Kōkyū Ryakuden). She became Nyōgo at the age of sixteen (Note: following the Masukagami, the Jo'in Shōden, the Ichidai Yōki, and the Godai Teiō Monogatari). She was beautiful in form and enjoyed the emperor's favor (Note: following the Masukagami). In the second month of the first year of Kōchō (1261) she was installed as Chūgū (Note: following the Jo'in Shōden), and in the eighth month she was redesignated Kōgō, Empress (Note: following the Nakasuke-ō-ki).

¶She bore Imperial Prince Tomohito (Note: following the Sonpi Bunmyaku), Emperor Go-Uda (Note: following the Jo'in Shōden, the Kōkyū Ryakuden, the Sonpi Bunmyaku, the Enta-ryaku, and the Masukagami), and Imperial Princess Kenshi (Note: following the Kōin Keizu). In the eighth month of the ninth year of Bun'ei (1272) she died, at the age of twenty-eight. She was called Kyōgoku-in (Note: following the Jo'in Shōden, the Kōkyū Ryakuden, the Shōun Yōryaku, the Rekidai Kōki, and the Shigō Zakki). In accordance with her last wishes she was buried at Yamashina (Note: following the Kōkyū Ryakuden).

Empress Fujiwara (Senshi)

¶The Empress of the Fujiwara clan was named Senshi. She was a daughter of Tōin-no-Kinsuke, Dajō-daijin (Note: following the Kijo-shō, the Ichidai Yōki, and the Rekidai Kōki. The name Senshi follows the Nakasuke-ō-ki; this work writes it as Kishi). Ōmiya-in took her as an adopted daughter (Note: following the Masukagami and the Godai Teiō Monogatari).

¶In the fourth month of the first year of Kōchō (1261) she was granted Junior Third Rank (Note: following the Jo'in Shōden and the Kōkyū Ryakuden), and in the sixth month she became Nyōgo (Note: following the Nakasuke-ō-ki, the Jo'in Shōden, the Kōkyū Ryakuden, and the Godai Teiō Monogatari). She was then nine years old (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki and the Masukagami). In the eighth month she was installed as Chūgū (Note: following the Nakasuke-ō-ki, the Jo'in Shōden, and the Ichidai Yōki).

¶She did not enjoy the emperor's favor, and when her father (Kinsuke) died she withdrew to a separate residence and never again came to the palace (Note: following the Masukagami). In the twelfth month of the fifth year of Bun'ei (1268) she was presented with the title Imadegawa-in (Note: following the Jo'in Shōden, the Kōkyū Ryakuden, the Shōun Yōryaku, the Rekidai Kōki, and the Shigō Zakki). In the eighth month of the sixth year of Kōan (1283) she became a nun, taking the Buddhist name Busshōkaku (Note: following the Chikurin'in Sasō-fu-ki, the Jo'in Shōden, and the Kōkyū Ryakuden). In the fourth month of the second year of Bunpō (1318) she died, at the age of sixty-seven (Note: following the Jo'in Shōden and the Rekidai Kōki).

Fujiwara-no-Ishi

¶The Nyōgo, Consort, Fujiwara-no-Ishi was a daughter of Konoe-no-Mototaira, Kampaku, Regent. She entered the palace after the emperor (Emperor Kameyama) abdicated. In the second month of the first year of Kenji (1275) she became Nyōgo, was granted Junior Third Rank, and was given the status of Jun-sangū (Note: following the Jo'in Shōden and the Kōkyū Ryakuden). In the third month she was presented with the title Yōmeimon-in (Note: following the Jo'in Shōden, the Kōkyū Ryakuden, and the Teiō Hennenki).

¶She bore Imperial Prince Akihito (Note: following the Masukagami) and Imperial Prince Tsugihito (Note: following the Teiō Hennenki and the Masukagami). Afterwards the emperor's favor waned from day to day, and the occasions on which she was summoned gradually grew fewer (Note: following the Masukagami). In the fourth month of the third year of Shōō (1290) she became a nun, taking the Buddhist name Kakuryū (Note: following the Jo'in Shōden).

¶After the emperor shaved his head, she lived beside the Zenrin-ji-dono. She had secret relations with Fujiwara-no-Kanetsugu, Sangi, Councillor, and with his son, and bore one daughter (Note: following the Masukagami). In the first month of the fourth year of Einin (1296) she died, at the age of thirty-five (Note: following the Jo'in Shōden and the Rekidai Kōki. The Enta-ryaku places it in the fourth month).

Fujiwara-no-Masako

¶The Naishi-no-suke, Handmaid, Fujiwara-no-Masako (Gashi) was a daughter of Fujiwara-no-Masahira, of Junior Second Rank (Note: following the Jo'in Shōden and the Kōkyū Ryakuden. That she was Naishi-no-suke follows the Sonpi Bunmyaku and the Masukagami. Some sources give his rank as Junior Third Rank, but here it has been corrected according to the Kugyō Bunin). She was granted Junior Third Rank (Note: following the Jo'in Shōden and the Kōin Shōunroku). She was called Chūnagon-no-Naishi-no-suke (Note: following the Masukagami) and also called Takakura-no-Tsubone (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki). She bore Shōkeimon-in (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku, the Ichidai Yōki, and the Teiō Hennenki).

Lady Fujiwara

¶The Naishi-no-suke, Handmaid, of the Fujiwara clan, was a daughter of Fujiwara-no-Saneshira, of Senior Third Rank (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku. That she was Naishi-no-suke follows the Masukagami). She was called Dainagon-no-Naishi-no-suke (Note: following the Masukagami) and also called Sanjō-no-Tsubone (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Shomonzeki-fu).

¶She bore Imperial Prince Ryōjo, a prince in holy orders (Note: following the Masukagami and the Kōin Shōunroku. The Teiō Hennenki makes Ryōjo's mother a daughter of Fujiwara-no-Kinchika), Imperial Prince Shōun, a prince in holy orders (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku), Imperial Prince Kakuun, a prince in holy orders (Note: following the Masukagami and the Teiō Hennenki), and one imperial princess (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku. The Masukagami makes her mother Sochi-no-Naishi-no-suke, a daughter of Fujiwara-no-Tametsune).

Lady Taira

¶The Naishi-no-suke, Handmaid, of the Taira clan, was a daughter of Taira-no-Tokinaka, Hyōbu-kyō, President of the Ministry of War. She was called Sochi-no-Naishi-no-suke (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku, the Teiō Hennenki, and the Shomonzeki-fu. The Masukagami makes her a daughter of Fujiwara-no-Tametsune, Dazai-no-sochi and Chūnagon. Probably she was so called because Tametsune was Dazai-no-sochi; or perhaps Tametsune adopted Lady Taira as his daughter, but this cannot now be established).

¶She bore Imperial Prince Junjo, a prince in holy orders (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Shomonzeki-fu), Imperial Prince Jidō, a prince in holy orders (Note: following the Masukagami and the Kōin Shōunroku. The Teiō Hennenki makes Jidō's mother a daughter of Fujiwara-no-Kinchika), and Imperial Prince Gyōen, a prince in holy orders (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku).

Fujiwara-no-Eishi

¶Fujiwara-no-Eishi was a daughter of Tōin-no-Sanekane, Dajō-daijin (Note: following the Masukagami, the Jo'in Shōden, the Kijo-shō, and the Kōkyū Ryakuden. The Teiō Hennenki writes Eishi as Goshi, which is mistaken). In the third year of Shōan (1301) she was summoned into the palace (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki). In the third month she was granted Junior Third Rank, was given the status of Jun-sangū, and was presented with the title Shōkunmon-in (Note: following the Jo'in Shōden and the Kōkyū Ryakuden). She bore Imperial Prince Tsuneaki (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Masukagami).

¶After the emperor (Emperor Kameyama) died, she became a nun (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki and the Jo'in Shōden), taking the Buddhist name Shinshōkaku (Note: the Kōkyū Ryakuden writes Henshōchi, and the Ichidai Yōki writes the "shō" of the name with a different character, "jō"). In the sixth month of the first year of Engen (1336) she died (Note: following the Jo'in Shōden), at the age of sixty-four (Note: the sources lack the year of her death. Here it is based on the Jo'in Shōden's statement that when she became a nun in the third year of Kagen (1305) she was thirty-three).

Fujiwara-no-Baishi

¶Fujiwara-no-Baishi was a daughter of Tōin-no-Saneo, Sadaijin, and the younger sister of Kyōgoku-in (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku, the Sonpi Bunmyaku, and the Masukagami). At first Kyōgoku-in had enjoyed exceptional favor, and after her death there was no one in the inner palace who pleased the emperor. Because Baishi was the younger sister of Kyōgoku-in, the emperor's heart was drawn to her, and he secretly brought her into the palace (Note: following the Masukagami). Later she was granted Junior Second Rank (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki and the Kōin Keizu). She bore Imperial Princess Riko (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Masukagami).

Fujiwara-no-Jushi

¶Fujiwara-no-Jushi was a daughter of Fujiwara-no-Kagefusa, Daizen-no-daibu, Master of the Palace Table Office (Note: compiled with reference to the Kōin Shōunroku, the Shomonzeki-fu, the Ichidai Yōki, and the Masukagami). At first she served Ōmiya-in and was called Sanuki. The emperor (Emperor Kameyama) summoned her and favored her. Kagefusa had been a retainer in the household of Tōin-no-Kinsuke, Dajō-daijin. The emperor declared Sanuki to be a daughter of Kinsuke and granted her Junior Second Rank. She was also called Kyōgoku-no-Tsubone (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki and the Kōin Keizu). She bore Imperial Prince Sadayoshi (Note: following the Shomonzeki-fu).

Shishiko

¶Shishiko's family and clan name are not known. She was granted Junior Third Rank. She bore Imperial Prince Sonchin, a prince in holy orders (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku).

Lady Fujiwara

¶Lady Fujiwara was a daughter of Nijō-no-Kinchika, Naidaijin. She bore Imperial Prince Shōkei, a prince in holy orders (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku).

Lady Fujiwara

¶Lady Fujiwara was a daughter of Fujiwara-no-Saneto, Gon-chūnagon. She bore Imperial Prince Moriyoshi (Note: following the Sonpi Bunmyaku. The Ichidai Yōki makes Moriyoshi's mother a daughter of Sanehira).

Lady Fujiwara

¶Lady Fujiwara was a daughter of Fujiwara-no-Masafuji, Gon-chūnagon. She was called Minbukyō-no-Tsubone. She bore Imperial Prince Dōchō, a prince in holy orders (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku. That he was Gon-chūnagon follows the Sonpi Bunmyaku).

Lady Fujiwara

¶Lady Fujiwara was a daughter of Fujiwara-no-Kin'o, Gon-chūnagon. She bore Imperial Prince Kōun, a prince in holy orders (Note: following the Sonpi Bunmyaku, the Enta-ryaku Keizu, and the Shomonzeki-fu).

Lady Minamoto

¶Lady Minamoto was a daughter of Minamoto-no-Nobumichi, Sakonoe-no-shōshō, Lesser Captain of the Left Palace Guards (Note: following the Kōin Keizu and the Ichidai Yōki). She served Kyōgoku-in and was called Gon-dainagon-no-Tsubone (Note: following the Sonpi Bunmyaku). She bore Imperial Prince Shōkaku and Imperial Prince Shōyū, princes in holy orders (Note: following the Kōin Keizu and the Ichidai Yōki. The Kōin Shōunroku makes the mother of Shōkaku and Shōyū a daughter of Minamoto-no-Michiyoshi, Sakonoe-no-shōshō; the Teiō Hennenki makes Shōkaku's mother a daughter of Michinobu; and the Shomonzeki-fu makes Shōyū's mother a daughter of Michiyoshi).

Rō-no-Onkata

¶Rō-no-Onkata was a daughter of the monk Genku (Note: following the Masukagami and the Teiō Hennenki). At first she was a servant of Dainagon-no-Tsubone, a lady-in-waiting of Shirakawa-in, and was called Shimotsuke. The emperor (Emperor Kameyama), on the pretext of visiting his foster mother, often went to the Kitashirakawa-dono. He saw Shimotsuke, was pleased with her, summoned her into the palace, and favored her.

¶Genku was a dengaku-hōshi, a so-called dengaku monk, who made his living by miscellaneous performing arts. Because her father's standing was low, she was by imperial order made the adopted daughter of Minamoto-no-Michimasa, Dajō-daijin (Note: following the Masukagami) and was called Rō-no-Onkata (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku, the Teiō Hennenki, and the Masukagami. The Ichidai Yōki calls her Sanjō-no-Tsubone). She bore Imperial Prince Kaneyoshi (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki and the Masukagami).

Kami-no-Tsubone

¶Kami-no-Tsubone's family and clan name are not known. At first she served Fujiwara-no-Sadako, Jun-sangū, the emperor's maternal grandmother. The emperor favored her, and she bore the monk Dōshō (Note: following the Kōin Keizu. The Kōin Shōunroku says "his mother was Jungō Sadako," which is mistaken).

Nukikawa

¶Nukikawa was a female shrine medium of the Goryō Shrine. She had become a maid-servant of Kyōgoku-in, and during the emperor's reign he often summoned her and favored her (Note: following the Masukagami). She bore one imperial princess (Note: compiled with reference to the Kōin Keizu and the Masukagami).

¶The emperor was by nature fond of women; at the age of thirteen he already had a child. As he grew older, the women he favored multiplied all the more, his conduct in these matters lost all restraint, and in the end he went so far as to have relations with a half-sister and have a daughter by her.

¶When he first took Buddhist orders he devoted himself to austerities, kept away from women, and in his daily conduct was altogether like a monk. Shin-Yōmeimon-in and the others, among them Rō-no-Onkata and Sanuki-no-Nii, either entered religion or returned to their families. But the emperor again fell into dissolute ways, and it is said that his disorder grew worse and worse (Note: following the Masukagami).