Fujiwara No Junshi
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empress consort of Japan The empress of Japan is the title given to the wife of the Emperor of Japan or a female ruler in her own right. The current empress consort is Empress Masako, who ascended the throne with her husband on 1 May 2019. Empress regnant Titles * ...
. She was the consort of Emperor En'yū of Japan.


Biography

She was the daughter of regent Fujiwara no Yoritada. She was placed in the harem of the Emperor to benefit her father in his rivalry with his cousin Fujiwara no Kaneie, who also placed his daughter Fujiwara no Senshi for the same reason, that she would give birth to a Crown Prince and became Empress: Fujiwara no Junshi did become Empress, but it was Fujiwara no Senshi who gave birth to a Crown Prince, while Junshi had no children. She ordained as a Buddhist nun in 997.


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Fujiwara clan Japanese empresses consort Japanese Buddhist nuns 10th-century Buddhist nuns 11th-century Buddhist nuns 957 births 1017 deaths {{Japan-royal-stub