was an Empress consort of Japan. She was the empress consort of her paternal uncle
Emperor Junna
was the 53rd emperor of Japan, Emperor Junna, Ōharano no Nishi no Minenoe Imperial Mausoleum, Imperial Household Agency according to the traditional order of succession. Junna reigned from 823 to 833.
Traditional narrative
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She became empress in 827. Her husband abdicated in 833. Either when she was widowed in 840, or when her son was deposed as crown prince in 842, Seishi followed the example of her mother and became a nun: she retired to the palace of her late spouse, Junna'in, which she made in to a family convent, engaging in sponsoring lectures of the ''
Lotus Sutra
The ''Lotus Sūtra'' ( zh, 妙法蓮華經; sa, सद्धर्मपुण्डरीकसूत्रम्, translit=Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sūtram, lit=Sūtra on the White Lotus of the True Dharma, italic=) is one of the most influ ...
'' and providing care for orphans.
[Barbara R. Ambros, ]
Women in Japanese Religions
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Japanese princesses
Japanese empresses
Japanese Buddhist nuns
9th-century Buddhist nuns
810 births
879 deaths
9th-century Japanese women
Daughters of emperors