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Junbo-Ritsugō
Junbo-Ritsugō ( or 准母 (Junbo)), is a Japanese title referring to an honorary empress, or the honorary mother of the Japanese emperor. Usage of the title The title was used when the emperor needed an honorary empress to perform certain tasks. The title was only used ceremonially, typically by a female relative who was a previous empress. It could also be used for an honorary empress dowager, not just an honorary empress consort. History The title first came to use in 1091. The former ''Saiō'', Princess Yasuko, was made the honorary empress for her brother, Emperor Horikawa. It was odd for the empress to be her husband's sister, but she was actually Hodrikawa's nurse, and adoptive mother, and she would retire in 1093. List * Princess Yasuko – the nurse and adoptive mother of her younger brother. She retired from the position in 1093. * Princess Reishi – appointed as honorary empress in 1108 to her nephew Emperor Toba. She served until she became a nun in 1130 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empress 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 * ''Josei Tennō'' (女性天皇, lit. "female heavenly emperor") or ''Jotei'' (, lit. "female emperor") – Because there is no feminine equivalent to king and emperor in East Asian languages, different titles are used for female monarchs and female consorts. ''Josei Tennō'' refers only to an queen regnant, empress regnant of Japan, and ''Jotei'' refers to an empress regnant of any countries. * ''Tennō'' (天皇, lit. "heavenly emperor") or ''Kōtei'' (皇帝, lit. "emperor") – Unlike European languages, in East Asia, the titles of female monarchs can also be abbreviated as "king" or "emperor", much like their male counterparts. However, to avoid confusion with male monarchs, they are usually referred to as "female king" or "female emper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Muneko
, later known as Jōsaimon-in , was a princess and an honorary Empress of Japan. She was the daughter of Emperor Toba and Fujiwara no Tamako. She served as Saiin at Kamo Shrine in 1127–1132. She retired from her service as priestess for health reasons. She served as honorary interim empress of her nephew Emperor Nijō was the 78th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His reign spanned the years from 1158 through 1165. Genealogy Before his ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne, his personal name (his ''imina'') was Morihito''- ... awaiting the appointment of a permanent empress. She retired when her nephew married his aunt, her half-sister Princess Yoshiko. In 1160, following her mother's example, she was ordained as a Buddhist nun at Hōkongō-in. She lived at Hōkongō-in until forced to relocate in 1181 due to a fire. References Japanese empresses consort 1126 births 1189 deaths Japanese Buddhist nuns 12th-century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Teruko
Princess Teruko (曦子内親王; 1224 – 5 October 1262) later known as Senkamon-in (仙華門院), was an Empress of Japan during the Kamakura period. She was empress (皇后; ''kogo'') as the honorary mother (准母; ''junbo'') of her nephew Emperor Go-Saga. She was the daughter of Emperor Tsuchimikado was the 83rd emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (''Kunaichō'') 土御門天皇 (83)/ref> according to the traditional order of succession.Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). ''The Imperial House of Japan,'' pp. 86–87. Tsuchimikado's reig ... and court lady Omiya-no-Tsubone (大宮局). Notes Japanese empresses consort 1224 births 1262 deaths Daughters of Japanese emperors Saiō {{Japan-royal-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Rishi
Princess Rishi (利子内親王; 1197 – 25 January 1251) was an Empress of Japan during the Kamakura period. She was empress as the honorary mother (准母; ''junbo'') of her nephew, Emperor Shijō. Biography She was the daughter of Imperial Prince Morisada (守貞親王; 1179-1223) and thus granddaughter of Emperor Takakura. She was the sister of Emperor Go-Horikawa and Princess Kuniko. In 1221, her brother became Emperor, and their sister Kuniko ceremoniously functioned as his Empress. In 1232, her nephew Emperor Shijō became Emperor, and Princess Rishi was appointed to be his Honorary Mother and elevated to the position of Empress, a ceremonious title which made it possible for the court to have an Empress maintaining the role and position of in court rituals until the Emperor married. In 1239, she ordained as a Buddhist nun and given the Dharma name A Dharma name is a new name acquired during both lay and monastic Buddhist initiation rituals in Mahayana Buddhi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Kuniko
Princess Kuniko (邦子内親王; 1209 – 26, September 1283), also known as Princess Hoshi and Ankamon-in (安嘉門院), was an Empress of Japan during the Kamakura period The is a period of History of Japan, Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Kamakura by the first ''shōgun'' Minamoto no Yoritomo after the conclusion of the G .... She was empress as the honorary mother (准母; ''junbo'') of her brother, Emperor Go-Horikawa. Biography She was the daughter of Imperial Prince Morisada (守貞親王; 1179–1223) and Kitashirakawa-in, and thus granddaughter of Emperor Takakura. In 1221, her brother Emperor Go-Horikawa became Emperor, and she was named his Honorary Empress. She also acted as the surrogate mother of Emperor Kameyama. The Clear Mirror: A Chronicle of the Japanese Court During the Kamakura' She became a nun in 1235. Notes Japanese princesses Japanese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Shōshi (1195–1211)
, also known as , was an Empress of Japan during the early Kamakura period. She was empress as the honorary mother (准母; ''junbo'') of her brother, Emperor Juntoku (22 October 1197 – 7 October 1242) was the 84th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His reign spanned the years from 1210 through 1221, a part of Japan's Kamakura Period. Genealogy Before his ascension to the C .... Notes Japanese empresses consort 1195 births 1211 deaths Daughters of Japanese emperors {{Japan-royal-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Yasuko
Princess Yasuko or Princess Teishi (媞子内親王, ''Teishi (Yasuko) Naishinō''; 1076–1096), later Ikuhomon'in (郁芳門院) was an honorary Empress of Japan to her brother Emperor Horikawa. Biography She was the first daughter of Emperor Shirakawa and Fujiwara no Kenshi (1057–1084), and the sister of Emperor Horikawa was the 73rd emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (''Kunaichō'') 堀河天皇 (73)/ref> according to the traditional List of emperors of Japan, order of succession. Horikawa's reign spanned the years from Heian period, 1087 through 1107 .... She served as the '' Saiō'' of her father Emperor Shirakawa in 1078–1086. In 1087, her father abdicated in favor of her brother Emperor Horikawa. In 1091, she was appointed Honorary Empress to her twelve-year-old brother the Emperor. It was rare for a sister to be appointed Empress of her own brother, but she was actually his nurse and adoptive mother, their mother having been dead since he was five. B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Noriko (1177–1210)
Princess Noriko (範子内親王; 4 December 1177 – 13 May 1210) was an Empress of Japan during the early Kamakura period. She was appointed honorary mother (''junbo'') of her nephew Emperor Tsuchimikado and served as empress from 1198 through 1206 during the early part of his reign. She was the daughter of Emperor Takakura was the 80th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His reign spanned the years from 1168 through 1180. Genealogy Before his ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne, his personal name (his ''imina'') was Norihito''-s ... and Court Lady Kogō-no-Tsubone (小督局; b. 1157), Fujiwara no Shigenori's daughter. She was later known as Empress Dowager Bōmon-in (坊門院). Notes Daughters of Japanese emperors Japanese empresses consort 1177 births 1210 deaths Saiin (priestess) {{Japan-royal-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Reishi
Princess Reishi (1078–1144) was a Japanese Empress during the late Heian period. She was appointed honorary mother (''junbo'') of her nephew Emperor Toba and served as empress during his reign. She held the title from 1108 through 1134. Biography She was the daughter of Emperor Shirakawa and Fujiwara no Kenshi (1057–1084). Her father abdicated in favor of her brother in 1087. In 1107, her brother Emperor Horikawa was the 73rd emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (''Kunaichō'') 堀河天皇 (73)/ref> according to the traditional List of emperors of Japan, order of succession. Horikawa's reign spanned the years from Heian period, 1087 through 1107 ... died and was succeeded by her four-year-old nephew, Emperor Toba. She was appointed to serve ceremoniously as the empress of her nephew in 1108. In 1130, she ordained as a Buddhist nun. Notes Japanese empresses consort 1078 births 1144 deaths Daughters of Japanese emperors Japanese Buddhi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Shōshi (1286–1348)
was a Japanese princess who briefly served as honorary empress for her younger brother Emperor Go-Daigo. Princess Shōshi was the daughter of Emperor Go-Uda and court lady Itsutsuji (Fujiwara) Chushi. She served as Saiō for her half-brother Emperor Go-Nijō from 1306 to 1308. She was named honorary empress to her brother Emperor Go-Daigo in 1319. In the same year, Shōshi ordained as a Buddhist nun and was given the Dharma name A Dharma name is a new name acquired during both lay and monastic Buddhist initiation rituals in Mahayana Buddhism and Pabbajjā, monastic ordination in Theravada Buddhism (where it is more proper to call it Dhamma or Sangha name). The name is ... Shinrikaku (真理覚). References Japanese empresses consort 1286 births 1348 deaths Japanese Buddhist nuns 14th-century Buddhist nuns Saiō 14th-century Japanese women writers 14th-century Japanese writers Daughters of Japanese emperors {{Japan-royal-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emperor Go-Daigo
Emperor Go-Daigo (後醍醐天皇 ''Go-Daigo-tennō'') (26 November 1288 – 19 September 1339) was the 96th emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (''Kunaichō'')後醍醐天皇 (96) retrieved 2013-8-28. according to the traditional order of succession. He successfully overthrew the Kamakura shogunate in 1333 and established the short-lived Kenmu Restoration to bring the Imperial House back into power. This was to be the last time the emperor had real power until the Meiji Restoration in 1868.Sansom 1977: 22–42. The Kenmu restoration was in turn overthrown by Ashikaga Takauji in 1336, ushering in the Ashikaga shogunate. The overthrow split the imperial family into two opposing factions between the Ashikaga backed Northern Court situated in Kyoto and the Southern Court based in Yoshino. The Southern Court was led by Go-Daigo and his later successors. Biography Before his ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne, his personal name (''imina'') was Takaharu''-shinnō'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josei Tennō
is a Japanese term referring to an empress regnant. Unlike the title '' Kōgō'', which refers only to an empress consort, ''Josei Tennō'' only refers to a reigning empress. '' Tennō'' is the title for the Emperor; the addition of the term ''josei'' (女性, woman) distinguishes that the emperor is a woman; therefore, a reigning empress. Origins Before Emperor Tenmu (the first to use the title ''Tennō'') all monarchs were probably called Great King/Queen of Yamato, and not ''Tennō''. From the reign of Empress Jitō onwards, emperors (''Tennō'' 天皇) who were women were distinguished from their male counterparts with the qualifier of ''josei'' (女性, ''woman''). However, as empresses regnant, they held the rank of ''Tennō'' without the qualifier, indicating they were emperors equal to their male counterparts. Due to this, it is generally acceptable and preferred to use ''Tennō'' when referring to a female monarch''.'' So, when referring to female monarchs, (Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
