Fujiwara No Kishi
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Fujiwara no Kishi (藤原(西園寺)嬉子; 1252 – 26 May 1318), (also called Senshi) later Imadegawa-in (今出川院), was an
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 one of the consorts of Emperor Kameyama. She was Saionji Kinsuke's daughter. The emperor did not show her high favour. In 1283 she was ordained as a Buddhist nun and was given the
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Busshōkaku (仏性覚).


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Fujiwara clan Japanese empresses consort Japanese Buddhist nuns 13th-century Buddhist nuns 14th-century Buddhist nuns 1252 births 1318 deaths {{Japan-royal-stub