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(Redirected from Fujiwara no Shunshi) In this Japanese name, the surname is Kujō. Empress consort of Japan
Kujō Shunshi
九条竴子
Empress consort of Japan
Tenure2 March 1230 – 13 May 1233
Born25 June 1209
Died22 October 1233(1233-10-22) (aged 24)
Heian-kyō (Kyōto)
Spouse Emperor Go-Horikawa ​(m. 1230)
IssueEmperor Shijō
Princess Hoshi
HouseImperial House of Japan
FatherKujō Michiie
MotherSaionji Rinshi

Kujō Shunshi (九条 竴子; 25 June 1209 – 22 October 1233) also known as Sohekimon-in (藻璧門院), was Empress of Japan as the consort of Emperor Go-Horikawa.

Upon her death, the court women moved her body to a separate room where she was dressed in Buddhist robes, head shaven and juzu placed in her hands.

Children:

  • First son: Imperial Prince Mitsuhito (秀仁親王) (Emperor Shijō)
  • Fourth daughter: Imperial Princess Hoshi (暤子内親王)

Notes

  1. The Clear Mirror: A Chronicle of the Japanese Court During the Kamakura. August 1998. ISBN 9780804763882 – via Google Books.
  2. 『明月記』 天福元年九月十九日条、同廿四日条 (in Japanese).
Japanese royalty
Preceded byKonoe Nagako Empress consort of Japan
1230–1233
Succeeded byPrincess Rishi
Japan Empresses consort of Japan
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Unless otherwise noted (as BC), years are in CE / AD  individuals that were given the title of empress posthumously individuals elevated to the rank of empress due to their position as honorary mother of the emperor Shōshi served briefly as honorary empress for her younger brother Emperor Go-Daigo

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