was an Empress consort of Japan. She was the consort of
Emperor Murakami
was the 62nd emperor of Japan, Imperial Household Agency (''Kunaichō'') 村上天皇 (62)/ref> according to the traditional order of succession.
Murakami's reign spanned the years from 946 to his death in 967.
Biography
Before he ascended to ...
of Japan.
She was the daughter of Fujiwara no Morosuke (藤原師輔)
Fujiwara no Anshi managed to acquire great influence over the Emperor, and has been called the most influential woman of the Imperial Court for twenty years. Her sister Toshi (d. 975), married to the Emperor's half brother Prince Shigeakira (904-954), had an affair with the Emperor at one point, but the affair ended because of the dislike of Anshi and did not continue until after her death. She favoured her second favorite son Prince Tamehira as successor, but died before she had time to secure his succession.
When her eldest brother, regent
Fujiwara no Koremasa died in 972, her second eldest brother
Fujiwara no Kanemichi secured his succession as regent before the popular youngest brother
Fujiwara no Kaneie by producing a statement to the Emperor from his mother, Anshi, in which she stated that the office of regent should be inherited by an elder son before a younger, a recommendation the Emperor followed after having acknowledged the writing as that of his mother.
[John Whitney Hall, Delmer Myers Brown, Donald H. Shively, William H. McCullough, Marius B. Jansen, Peter Duus, Kōzō Yamamura: ]
The Cambridge History of Japan, Volym 2
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*Imperial Princess ''Shōshi'' (承子内親王) (948–951)
*Imperial Prince Norihira (憲平親王) (950–1011) (2nd son) (
Emperor Reizei)
*Imperial Prince Tamehira (為平親王) (952–1010)
*Imperial Princess Sukeko (輔子内親王) (953–992) (7th daughter), 32nd
Saiō in
Ise Shrine
The , located in Ise, Mie Prefecture of Japan, is a Shinto shrine dedicated to the sun goddess Amaterasu. Officially known simply as , Ise Jingū is a shrine complex composed of many Shinto shrines centered on two main shrines, and .
The Inner ...
968–969
*Imperial Princess ''Shishi'' (資子内親王) (955–1015) (9th daughter)
*Imperial Prince Morihira (守平親王) (959–991) (
Emperor En'yu)
*Imperial Princess ''Senshi'' (選子内親王) (964–1035) (10th daughter), 16th
Saiin in
Kamo Shrine 975–1031
Notes
External links
* http://www.guide2womenleaders.com/japan_heads.htm
Fujiwara clan
Japanese empresses
927 births
964 deaths
History articles needing translation from Japanese Wikipedia
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