Eifuku-mon In

Eifuku-mon In (永福門院) (also written Eifuku Mon'in) or Saionji Shōko (西園寺しょう子, 西園寺鏱子, 1271–June 10, 1342) was a celebrated Japanese poet of the Kamakura period, and a consort of the 92nd emperor, Fushimi. She was a member of the Kyōgoku school of verse (京極派 Kyōgoku-ha), and her work appears in the Gyokuyōshū.[1]

References

  1. p. 160, Acts of Worship, Yukio Mishima, tr. John Bester, pub. Kodansha, Tokyo, 1990. ISBN 0-87011-824-2/ISBN 4-7700-1507-0


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