Fujiwara no Ryoshi (藤原旅子, also read Fujiwara no Tabiko; 759–788) was a Japanese

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of the

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. She was a consort to

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and the mother of

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Biography

Fujiwara no Ryoshi was born in 759 to

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and Fujiwara no Moroe (藤原諸姉), a daughter of

Fujiwara no Yoshitsugu was a Japanese statesman, courtier, and politician of the Nara period. He was the second son of the founder of the Shikike branch of the Fujiwara, Fujiwara no Umakai. His original name was . He was the maternal grandfather of the emperors Heizei a ...

. Like many Japanese noblewomen of the pre-modern era, the correct reading of her given name is uncertain, and the readings ''Ryoshi'' and ''Tabiko'' are speculative '' on'' and '' kun'' readings, respectively. In Enryaku 4 (785) she was given the

Junior Third Rank The court ranks of Japan, also known in Japanese as ''ikai'' (位階), are indications of an individual's court rank in Japan based on the system of the state. ''Ikai'' as a system was originally used in the Ritsuryo system, which was the politi ...

. In the first month of the following year, she bore

the prince, Prince Ōtomo (大伴親王 ''Ōtomo-shinnō'', later to ascend to the throne as

) and became Emperor Kanmu's consort (夫人 ''bunin''). She died in 788, at the age of 30 (by Japanese reckoning), and was posthumously granted the

Senior First Rank The court ranks of Japan, also known in Japanese as ''ikai'' (位階), are indications of an individual's court rank in Japan based on the system of the state. ''Ikai'' as a system was originally used in the Ritsuryo system, which was the politi ...

and the title of empress (妃 ''kisaki''). Subsequently, in Kōnin 14 (823) with the accession of her son, she was granted the title of Grand Empress (皇太后 ''kōtaigō'').

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fujiwara no Ryoshi Fujiwara clan Japanese posthumous empresses 759 births 788 deaths