Eifuku-mon In

Eifuku-mon In
Empress consort of Japan
Tenure 1288–1298
Predecessor Princess Reishi
Successor Fujiwara no Kinshi
Born 1271
Japan
Died 1342 (aged 7071)
Japan
Spouse Emperor Fushimi
House Imperial House of Japan

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
Japanese royalty
Preceded by
Princess Reishi
Empress consort of Japan
1288–1298
Succeeded by
Fujiwara no Kinshi
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