Imperial Consorts XI

Empress Reishi

¶Emperor Go-Uda's Empress was named Reishi (Note: the Rekidai Kōki writes the character 姈 as 姾). She was the eldest daughter of Emperor Go-Fukakusa. Her mother was Tōnijō-in. In the first month of the eighth year of Bun'ei (1271) she became an Imperial Princess (Note: following the Nyoin Shōden). In the eighth month of the eighth year of Kōchō she was installed as Empress (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki).

¶Later, having no child of her own, she became the foster mother of Emperor Go-Nijō (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku, the Nyoin Shōden, and the entry for the first year of Bunna in the Enta-ryaku). After the emperor (Go-Uda) abdicated, she withdrew to live in the palace of Emperor Go-Fukakusa (Note: following the Masukagami). In the eighth month of the fourth year of Shōō (1291) she was given the title Yūgimon'in (Note: following the Kijo-shō and the Shigō Zakki).

¶In the early years of Einin she had a secret liaison with the Cloistered Emperor Kameyama and moved to live at Madenokōji-dono (Note: compiled with reference to the Masukagami, the Rekidai Kōki, and the Nyoin Shōden). Later she lived at Imabayashi in Saga (Note: following the Masukagami). In the seventh month of the second year of Tokuji (1307) she died (Note: following the entry for the first year of Bunna in the Enta-ryaku). She was thirty-eight years old (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki, the Nyoin-ki, and the Nyoin Shōden).

¶Since the Empress had enjoyed exceptional favor, at her death the emperor's grief and longing knew no end; he at last shaved his head, dismissed the women of the inner palace, and lived for a long time in abstinence and purification. At Imabayashi he built a Hokke-dō, a Lotus hall, and enshrined her remains there, saying, "Whenever I perform Buddhist services, I shall surely visit on her death anniversary." Using locks of the Empress's hair, he embroidered Sanskrit characters with his own hand, and, bowing three times for every character, he copied the Lotus Sutra on the backs of the sheets of her letters, and placed this in the Sesshu-in (Note: following the Masukagami).

Fujiwara-no-Chūshi

¶The Naishi-no-suke, Handmaid, Fujiwara-no-Chūshi was a daughter of Fujiwara-no-Tadatsugu, Sangi, Counsellor (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki, the Kijo-shō, the Nyoin Shōden, and the Kōkyū Ryakuden. That she was Naishi-no-suke follows the Masukagami). She became an adopted daughter of Fujiwara-no-Morotsugu, Naidaijin, Minister of the Center (Note: following the Jinnō Shōtōki).

¶She entered the palace as Naishi-no-suke and was called Chūnagon-no-Suke. She bore Emperor Go-Daigo, Shōkaku Hōshinnō, Sei'en Hōshinnō (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku), and Tatchimon'in (Note: following the Masukagami and the Nyoin Shōden).

¶Emperor Kameyama summoned her and favored her, and she moved to live at Zenrinji-dono (Note: following the Masukagami). In the seventh month of the sixth year of Einin (1298) she was granted Junior Third Rank (Note: following the Nyoin Shōden and the Sonpi Bunmyaku. The Kōkyū Ryakuden places it in the fifth year of Einin, which is probably a mistake), and in the seventh month of the third year of Shōan (1301) she was made Jusangū, Quasi-Empress (Note: following the Nyoin-ki and the Nyoin Shōden).

¶In the ninth month of the first year of Kagen (1303) she shaved her head and became a nun, with the Buddhist name Rengechi (Note: following the Nyoin Shōden and the Sonpi Bunmyaku). In the fourth month of the second year of Bunpō (1318) she was given the title Dantenmon'in (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki and the Kijo-shō). In the eleventh month of the first year of Gen'ō (1319) she died (Note: following the Kugyō Bunin, the Rekidai Kōki, the Kōdai-ki, and the Masukagami). She was fifty-two years old (Note: following the Nyoin-ki, the Nyoin Shōden, and the Kōkyū Ryakuden).

Minamoto-no-Motoko

¶Minamoto-no-Kishi was a daughter of Koga Tomomori, Naidaijin, Minister of the Center. She became an adopted daughter of her grandfather Koga Mototomo, Daijō-daijin, Chancellor (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki, the Nyoin Shōden, the Kōkyū Ryakuden, and the Sonpi Bunmyaku).

¶At first she served Shin'yōmeimon'in and was called Higashi-no-onkata. She received the emperor's favor (Note: following the Masukagami) and bore Emperor Go-Nijō. After Emperor Go-Nijō died she shaved her head and became a nun, with the Buddhist name Shōjōhō.

¶In the eleventh month of the first year of Enkyō (1308) she was granted Junior Third Rank. In the twelfth month she was made Jusangū, Quasi-Empress (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki, the Nyoin Shōden, and the Kōkyū Ryakuden), and was given the title Saikamon'in (Note: following the Ingō Jō Burui-ki quoting the Fujiwara-no-Sanemi-ki, the Kijo-shō, the Nyoin Shōden, and the Kōkyū Ryakuden). In the eighth month of the tenth year of Shōhei (1355) she died. She was eighty-seven years old (Note: following the Enta-ryaku).

Rinshi

¶Rinshi was the eldest daughter of Imperial Prince Munetaka, Nakatsukasa-kyō, Minister of Central Affairs (Note: following the Masukagami. The Kōin Shōunroku and the Sonpi Bunmyaku both make her the youngest daughter).

¶At first she served the Cloistered Emperor Kameyama, but she did not enjoy his favor. Even after the Cloistered Emperor moved to Kameyama-dono, she remained living at Zenrinji-dono. When Minamoto-no-Arifusa came to the palace for night duty, she secretly became intimate with him and bore a child (Note: following the Masukagami). Afterwards the emperor (Go-Uda) also favored her, and she bore Sūmeimon'in (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku. The Rekidai Kōki makes her the child of Eikamon'in, but here, since the Masukagami says that Eikamon'in had no children and adopted Sūmeimon'in as her daughter, the account of this work is followed).

Zuishi

¶Zuishi was the youngest daughter of Imperial Prince Sōson (Munetaka) (Note: following the Masukagami. The Kōin Shōunroku and the Sonpi Bunmyaku make her the eldest daughter). She became an adopted daughter of Emperor Kameyama (Note: following the Kōkyū Ryakuden).

¶In the first month of the first year of Kengen (1302) she entered the palace (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki), was made Jusangū, Quasi-Empress, on that very day (Note: following the Nyoin Shōden), and was given the title Eikamon'in (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki). She received the emperor's favor but had no children, and the emperor had her raise his grandson Imperial Prince Kuninaga and Imperial Princess Baishi (Note: following the Masukagami).

¶In the sixth month of the first year of Shōchū (1324) the emperor (Go-Uda) died. In the seventh month she shaved her head and became a nun, with the Buddhist name Myōhōchi (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki, the Nyoin-ki, and the Nyoin Shōden). In the eighth month of the first year of Gentoku (1329) she died (Note: following the Jōraku-ki and the entry for the second year of Jōwa in the Enta-ryaku). She was fifty-eight years old (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki and the Nyoin Shōden).

Lady Fujiwara

¶Lady Fujiwara was a daughter of Fujiwara-no-Nagamasa, Dainagon, Major Counsellor. She bore one Imperial Princess (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki).

Lady Fujiwara

¶Lady Fujiwara was a daughter of Fujiwara-no-Saneyoshi, Sangi, Counsellor (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku, the Shomonzeki-fu, and the Sonpi Bunmyaku). She served Yūgimon'in and was called Ichijō-no-tsubone (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Sonpi Bunmyaku).

¶She received the emperor's favor and bore Imperial Prince Yoshiharu (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Shomonzeki-fu). Later she entered the household of Emperor Go-Daigo and bore Imperial Prince Tokiyoshi (Note: following the Masukagami, the Kōin Shōunroku, the Shimazu-family text of the Taiheiki, and the Sonpi Bunmyaku), Jōson Hōshinnō (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Shomonzeki-fu), and one Imperial Princess (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku).

Lady Fujiwara

¶Lady Fujiwara was a daughter of Fujiwara-no-Munechika, Sangi, Counsellor. She bore Imperial Princess Yushi (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku).

¶[Emperor Fushimi]

Empress Fujiwara (Shinshi)

¶Emperor Fushimi's Empress, of the Fujiwara clan, was named Shinshi. She was the eldest daughter of Tōin Saneane, Daijō-daijin, Chancellor (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki, the Kijo-shō, the Nyoin Shōden, the Kōkyū Ryakuden, and the Sonpi Bunmyaku. That she was the eldest daughter follows the Nyoin Shōden). In the fourth month of the first year of Shōō (1288) she was granted Junior Third Rank (Note: following the Nyoin-ki and the Nyoin Shōden). In the sixth month she entered the palace (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki and the Masukagami).

¶The Retired Emperor Go-Fukakusa ordered that she be taken as his adopted daughter (Note: following the Masukagami). Soon she became Nyōgo, Consort, and in the eighth month was installed as Chūgū, Empress (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki and the Nyoin Shōden). She had no children, and by imperial command adopted Emperor Go-Fushimi as her son (Note: following the Masukagami, the Rekidai Kōki, the Teiō Hennenki, and the Kōin Shōunroku).

¶In the eighth month of the sixth year of Einin (1298) she was given the title Eifukumon'in (Note: following the Kijo-shō and the Kōkyū Ryakuden). In the sixth month of the fifth year of Shōwa (1316) she became a nun, with the Buddhist name Shinnyogen (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki, the Nyoin-ki, and the Nyoin Shōden. The Ichidai Yōki writes "Shin" as "Kū"). In the fifth month of the third year of Kōkoku (1342) she died. She was seventy-two years old (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki, the Nyoin Shōden, the Kōkyū Ryakuden, and the Sonpi Bunmyaku).

Fujiwara-no-Keishi

¶Fujiwara-no-Keishi was a daughter of Fujiwara-no-Tsuneuji, Sangi, Counsellor (Note: following the Jinnō Shōtōki, the Ichidai Yōki, the Teiō Hennenki, and the Kōin Shōunroku). She bore Emperor Go-Fushimi and was made Jusangū, Quasi-Empress (Note: following the Jinnō Shōtōki, the Ichidai Yōki, the Rekidai Kōki, the Teiō Hennenki, and the Kōin Shōunroku).

Fujiwara-no-Kishi

¶Fujiwara-no-Kishi was a daughter of Tōin Saneo, Sadaijin, Minister of the Left (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki, the Kijo-shō, the Nyoin Shōden, and the Kōkyū Ryakuden), and a half-sister of Eifukumon'in. The emperor (Fushimi) favored her in secret (Note: following the Masukagami. That she was a half-sister follows the Rekidai Kōki).

¶In the first month of the fifth year of Einin (1297) she was granted Junior Third Rank (Note: following the Nyoin Shōden and the Kōkyū Ryakuden). She bore Emperor Hanazono (Note: following the Jinnō Shōtōki, the Masukagami, and the Nyoin Shōden), Kanshō Hōshinnō (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku, the Ninna-ji Goden, and the Shomonzeki-fu), Sakuheimon'in, and Enmeimon'in (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku, the Rekidai Kōki, and the Nyoin Shōden).

¶After the emperor (Fushimi) died, she shaved her head and became a nun, with the Buddhist name Enjōkaku (Note: following the Nyoin Shōden). In the second month of the first year of Karyaku (1326) she was made Jusangū, Quasi-Empress (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki and the Nyoin Shōden), and was given the title Kenshinmon'in (Note: following the Masukagami, the Kijo-shō, and the Nyoin Shōden). In the second month of the first year of Engen (1336) she died. She was seventy-two years old (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki and the Nyoin Shōden).

Lady Fujiwara

¶Lady Fujiwara was the eldest daughter of Fujiwara-no-Saneaki, Gon-dainagon, Provisional Major Counsellor, and an elder half-sister of Senkōmon'in. She served Tokuyōmon'in and was called Sanjō-no-tsubone (Note: following the Enta-ryaku Keizu and the Sonpi Bunmyaku), and was also called Higashi-no-onkata (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki, the Nyoin Shōden, and the Kōin Shōunroku). She was granted Junior Third Rank (Note: following the Sonpi Bunmyaku).

¶She received the emperor's favor and bore Dōki Hōshinnō (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Enta-ryaku Keizu. The Sonpi Bunmyaku says she bore Sonjitsu Hōshinnō, but the theories that make Kan'in and Sonjitsu sons of Emperor Fushimi are all mistaken, so they are not adopted) and Imperial Princess Shinshi (Note: the various texts of the Kōin Shōunroku make her a daughter of Emperor Go-Fushimi, but here, on the basis of the Ichidai Yōki, the Enta-ryaku, and other works, she is fixed as a daughter of Emperor Fushimi. The details are given in the Biographies of Imperial Princesses).

¶Later Emperor Go-Fushimi also had a private liaison with her, and she bore Chōjo Hōshinnō (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku, the Shomonzeki-fu, and the Enta-ryaku), Kan'in Hōshinnō, Shōin Hōshinnō, Ryōshō Hōshinnō (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku), and Shōtokumon'in (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku, the Rekidai Kōki, the Nyoin Shōden, and the Kōkyū Ryakuden). Later she married Fujiwara-no-Kinkata, Sadaijin, Minister of the Left (Note: following the Enta-ryaku Keizu).

Fujiwara-no-Eishi

¶Fujiwara-no-Eishi was a daughter of Fujiwara-no-Kinmune, Gon-chūnagon, Provisional Middle Counsellor. She was granted Junior Third Rank. She bore Shōgimon'in (Note: following the Enta-ryaku Keizu, the Nyoin Shōden, the Kōkyū Ryakuden, and the Sonpi Bunmyaku).

A Certain Lady

¶The Naishi-no-jō, Junior Handmaid, a Lady of unrecorded surname, was a daughter of Toshihira (Note: Toshihira's surname and office are unknown). She was called Harima-no-Naishi and bore Imperial Prince Takahiko (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Shomonzeki-fu).

Lady Minamoto

¶Lady Minamoto was a daughter of Minamoto-no-Tomouji, Sangi, Counsellor. She was called Gon-dainagon-no-tsubone. She bore Imperial Prince Yoshinaga (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Shomonzeki-fu).

Lady Fujiwara

¶Lady Fujiwara was a daughter of Fujiwara-no-Shigemichi, Sangi, Counsellor. She was called Kasuga-no-tsubone. She bore Sonki Hōshinnō (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku).

Jibukyō-no-tsubone

¶Jibukyō-no-tsubone was a daughter of Ninkai, Hōin. She was also called Kasuga-no-tsubone. She bore Esuke Hōshinnō (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Shomonzeki-fu. The name Kasuga-no-tsubone follows the Shōunroku).

Nishi-no-onkata

¶Nishi-no-onkata's surname and clan are not clear. She served Kōgimon'in. She received the emperor's favor and bore Shōchin Hōshinnō (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku).

¶[Emperor Go-Fushimi]

Fujiwara-no-Neishi

¶Emperor Go-Fushimi's Nyōgo, Consort, Fujiwara-no-Neishi was the eldest daughter of Saionji Kinhira, Sadaijin, Minister of the Left (Note: following the Kijo-shō, the Nyoin Shōden, and the Kōkyū Ryakuden. That she was the eldest daughter follows the Nyoin Shōden). In the fourth month of the first year of Tokuji (1306) she was chosen and entered the palace (Note: following the Nyoin-ki).

¶She bore Retired Emperor Kōgon and Retired Emperor Kōmyō (Note: following the Kōdai-ki, the Kōnendai-ki, the Kōin Shōunroku, and the Kōkyū Ryakuden), Imperial Prince Kagehito (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku), Shin-Muromachi-in (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki, the Kijo-shō, and the Nyoin Shōden), and one Imperial Princess (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku). She was made the foster mother of Emperor Hanazono (Note: following the Masukagami, the Kijo-shō, the Nyoin Shōden, and the Enta-ryaku).

¶In the first month of the second year of Enkyō (1309) she was granted Junior Third Rank (Note: following the Nyoin Shōden and the Kōkyū Ryakuden), became Nyōgo, Consort (Note: following the Kōkyū Ryakuden), was made Jusangū, Quasi-Empress, and was given the title Kōgimon'in (Note: following the Nyoin Shōden and the Kōkyū Ryakuden). In the second month of the first year of Engen (1336) she shaved her head and became a nun (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki and the Nyoin Shōden. The Kōkyū Ryakuden places this in the third month, which is probably a mistake).

¶When Retired Emperor Sukō entered Yoshino and the capital was left without a master, Ashikaga Takauji submitted the affairs of government to the Retired Empress for her decision (Note: following the Enta-ryaku). On the accession of Emperor Go-Kōgon as well, Takauji petitioned the Retired Empress to take part in the conduct of government. Because both Retired Emperors Kōgon and Kōmyō were still with the Southern Court, she feared that taking part in government would instead bring harm, and firmly declined, but she was not heard (Note: following the Zoku Jinnō Shōtōki).

¶In the intercalary seventh month of the twelfth year of Shōhei (1357) she died suddenly (Note: following the Enta-ryaku). She was sixty-six years old (Note: calculated from the statement in the Nyoin Shōden that she was fifteen in the first year of Tokuji).

Lady Fujiwara

¶Lady Fujiwara was a daughter of Fujiwara-no-Saneaki, Gon-dainagon, Provisional Major Counsellor. She was called Taimen-no-onkata and was granted Junior Third Rank (Note: following the Enta-ryaku Keizu and the Sonpi Bunmyaku). She bore Sonjitsu Hōshinnō (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku. The Sonpi Bunmyaku says she was the child of Sanjō-no-tsubone, but that is not adopted here), Imperial Prince Sonshō, and one Imperial Princess (Note: following the Enta-ryaku Keizu and the Sonpi Bunmyaku). In the second month of the first year of Bunchū (1372) she died (Note: following the Gofukashin'in Kanpaku-ki).

Lady Fujiwara

¶Lady Fujiwara was also a daughter of Saneaki. She served Senkōmon'in and was called Rō-no-onkata. She received the emperor's favor and bore one Imperial Prince and one Imperial Princess (Note: following the Enta-ryaku Keizu and the Sonpi Bunmyaku).

Lady Takashina

¶Lady Takashina was a daughter of Takashina-no-Kunitsune, of Junior Second Rank. She was called Horikawa-no-tsubone (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku, the Shomonzeki-fu, and the Ninna-ji Goden), and was also called Betto-no-tsubone (Note: following the Ninna-ji Goden). She bore Hōshu Hōshinnō (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Shomonzeki-fu).

Jibukyō-no-tsubone

¶Jibukyō-no-tsubone bore Sonin Hōshinnō (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Shomonzeki-fu).

Ukyō-no-daibu-no-tsubone

¶Ukyō-no-daibu-no-tsubone bore two Imperial Princesses (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku).

¶[Emperor Go-Nijō]

Empress Fujiwara (Kinshi)

¶Emperor Go-Nijō's Empress, of the Fujiwara clan, was named Kinshi. She was a daughter of Horikawa Kintaka, Daijō-daijin, Chancellor (Note: following the Masukagami, the Kijo-shō, the Nyoin Shōden, and the Kōkyū Ryakuden). She was granted Junior Third Rank (Note: following the Nyoin Shōden and the Kōkyū Ryakuden).

¶In the eighth month of the first year of Kengen (1302) she entered the palace (Note: following the Nyoin Shōden and the Sonpi Bunmyaku) and became Nyōgo, Consort (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki, the Nyoin Shōden, and the Masukagami). She received the emperor's favor (Note: following the Masukagami). In the ninth month of the first year of Kagen (1303) she was installed as Chūgū, Empress (Note: following the Kugyō Bunin, the Rekidai Kōki, the Nyoin Shōden, and the Kōkyū Ryakuden).

¶The house of Kintaka had never before produced an Empress, and on this occasion everyone regarded it as an honor. In the eighth month of the third year of Tokuji (1308) the emperor died, and the Empress withdrew to her family home (Note: following the Masukagami). In the intercalary month she shaved her head and became a nun, with the Buddhist name Shinjitsukaku (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki and the Nyoin Shōden). In the twelfth month of the third year of Enkyō (1310) she was given the title Chōrakumon'in (Note: following the Nyoin Shōden and the Kōkyū Ryakuden). In the second month of the seventh year of Shōhei (1352) she died. She was seventy years old (Note: following the Nyoin Shōden).

Fujiwara-no-Gyokushi

¶The Naishi-no-kami, Principal Handmaid, Fujiwara-no-Gyokushi was a daughter of Ichijō Sanetsune, Sesshō, Regent (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki, the Kijo-shō, the Nyoin Shōden, and the Kōkyū Ryakuden). When the emperor was still residing in the mansion of Koga Tomomori, Naidaijin, Minister of the Center, she was summoned and favored (Note: following the Masukagami). In the third month of the first year of Kagen (1303) she became Naishi-no-kami and was granted Junior Third Rank (Note: following the Nyoin Shōden. The Kōkyū Ryakuden gives the fifth month).

¶After the emperor died she became a nun (Note: following the Masukagami and the Nyoin Shōden). In the third month of the second year of Gen'ō (1320) she was made Jusangū, Quasi-Empress (Note: following the Nyoin Shōden. The Rekidai Kōki gives the second month), and was given the title Banshūmon'in (Note: following the Nyoin Shōden and the Kōkyū Ryakuden). In the third month of the third year of Engen (1338) she died. She was eleven years old (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki, the Nyoin Shōden, and the Kōkyū Ryakuden).

Lady Taira

¶The Naishi-no-jō, Junior Handmaid, Lady Taira was a daughter of Taira-no-Munetoshi, Shōnagon, Minor Counsellor (Note: the Rekidai Kōki writes "Mune" as "Suke"). She was called Kōtō-no-Naishi. She bore Jusemon'in (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Nyoin Shōden).

Lady Fujiwara

¶The Mikushigedono, Keeper of the Wardrobe, Lady Fujiwara was a daughter of Nijō Kinchika, Naidaijin, Minister of the Center. She served Chōrakumon'in (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Shomonzeki-fu). She received the emperor's favor and bore Sonsai Hōshinnō (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki, the Kōin Shōunroku, and the Shomonzeki-fu).

Lady Fujiwara

¶Lady Fujiwara was a daughter of Fujiwara-no-Kinyasu, Gon-chūnagon, Provisional Middle Counsellor. She was called Gon-dainagon-no-tsubone. She bore Yūjo Hōshinnō, Shōson Hōshinnō, and Imperial Princess Eishi (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku).

Fujiwara-no-Sōshi

¶Fujiwara-no-Sōshi was a daughter of Fujiwara-no-Munechika, Sangi, Counsellor. She bore Kuniyoshi, Crown Prince of Emperor Go-Daigo (Note: following the Ichidai Yōki and the Kōin Shōunroku), and Imperial Prince Kuniaki (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku).

Lady Taira

¶Lady Taira was a daughter of Taira-no-Nobusuke, Sangi, Counsellor. She bore Imperial Princess Yōshi (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku. The character 婸 was originally written with the woman radical and 易).

Shin-Dainagon-no-tsubone

¶Shin-Dainagon-no-tsubone was a daughter of Ryōchin, Hōgen. She bore Imperial Princess Minshi (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku).

¶[Emperor Hanazono]

Lady Fujiwara

¶Emperor Hanazono's Naishi-no-suke, Handmaid, Lady Fujiwara was a daughter of Fujiwara-no-Yoritada, of Junior Third Rank. She was called Betto-no-Naishi-no-suke and was also called Chūnagon-no-tsubone (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Sonpi Bunmyaku. The name Chūnagon-no-tsubone follows the Sonpi Bunmyaku). She bore one Imperial Princess (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Sonpi Bunmyaku).

Fujiwara-no-Saneko

¶Fujiwara-no-Jisshi was a daughter of Fujiwara-no-Saneaki, Gon-dainagon, Provisional Major Counsellor (Note: following the Enta-ryaku Keizu and the Nyoin Shōden). Her grandfather Tōin Kinmori, Daijō-daijin, Chancellor, took her as his adopted daughter (Note: following the Nyoin Shōden, the Sonpi Bunmyaku, and the entry for the second year of Kan'ō in the Enta-ryaku).

¶She entered the palace and bore Imperial Prince Naohito (Note: following the Enta-ryaku Keizu and the Kōin Shōunroku), Imperial Prince Narinaga (Note: following the Enta-ryaku Keizu, the Ninna-ji Goden, and the Shomonzeki-fu), one Imperial Princess (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku), Kianmon'in (Note: following the Enta-ryaku Keizu, the Kōin Shōunroku, the Nyoin Shōden, and the Kōkyū Ryakuden), and Imperial Princess Giko (Note: following the Enta-ryaku Keizu and the Sonpi Bunmyaku).

¶In the first month of the second year of Genkō (1332) she was granted Junior Third Rank by the Retired Emperor Kōgon (Note: following the Nyoin Shōden). In the twelfth month she was made Jusangū, Quasi-Empress (Note: following the Nyoin Shōden and the Sonpi Bunmyaku). In the fourth month of the third year of Engen (1338) the Retired Emperor Kōmyō gave her the title Senkōmon'in (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki, the Kijo-shō, and the Nyoin Shōden). After the emperor (Hanazono) died she became a nun, with the Buddhist name Henjōchi (Note: following the Enta-ryaku Keizu, the Nyoin Shōden, and the Sonpi Bunmyaku).

Lady Fujiwara

¶Lady Fujiwara was a younger sister of Jisshi. She entered the household of Emperor Go-Fushimi and was called Ichijō-no-tsubone. The emperor favored her, and she bore Kakuyo Hōshinnō (Note: following the Enta-ryaku Keizu and the Sonpi Bunmyaku).