Eifuku-mon In

Eifuku-mon In
Empress consort of Japan
Tenure 1288–1298
Predecessor Princess Reishi
Successor Fujiwara no Kinshi
Born 1271
Died 1342 (aged 7071)
Spouse Emperor Fushimi
Issue Emperor Go-Fushimi (adopted)
House Yamato

Eifuku-mon In (永福門院) (also written Eifuku Mon'in) or Saionji Shōko (西園寺しょう子, 西園寺鏱子, 1271–June 10, 1342) was a celebrated Japanese poet of the Kamakura period, and a consort of the 92nd emperor, Fushimi. She was a member of the Kyōgoku school of verse (京極派, Kyōgoku-ha), and her work appears in the Gyokuyōshū.[1]

References

  1. p. 160, Acts of Worship, Yukio Mishima, tr. John Bester, pub. Kodansha, Tokyo, 1990. ISBN 0-87011-824-2/ ISBN 4-7700-1507-0
Japanese royalty
Preceded by
Princess Reishi
Empress consort of Japan
1288–1298
Succeeded by
Fujiwara no Kinshi


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