Princess Kishi (

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– 985, 徽子女王, also ''Yoshiko Joō'' 承香殿女御 ''Jokyōden Joō'' or 斎宮女御 ''Saigū no Nyōgo'') was a Japanese Waka

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of the middle

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. She is one of only five women numbered as one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals. As her name implies, she was a princess of the

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. She was one of

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's consorts, and gave birth to one daughter, ''Imperial Princess Kishi'', and a son. Through her father, Imperial Prince Shigeakira, she was the granddaughter of Emperor Daigo. Prior to becoming a consort she served as Ise Priestess, chief priestess of the Ise Shrine. Many of her poems are included in the third Japanese imperial poetry anthology, Shūi Wakashū, issued in 1006.

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