Eifuku Mon'in

Eifuku Mon'in (永福門院) (also written Eifuku-mon In) or Saionji Shōshi (西園寺しょう子, 西園寺鏱子, 1271 – 10 June 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]

Saionji Shōshi
西園寺鏱子
Empress consort of Japan
Tenure27 November 1288 – 27 September 1298
PredecessorPrincess Reishi
SuccessorFujiwara no Kinshi
Born1271
Died10 June 1342(1342-06-10) (aged 70–71)
Heian-kyō (Kyōto)
SpouseEmperor Fushimi
IssueEmperor Go-Fushimi (adopted)
HouseYamato
FatherSaionji Sanekane
MotherNakanoin Akiko

On 23 June 1316 (5th year of Shōwa), she took tonsure as a Buddhist nun and given the Dharma name Shin'nyo Gen (真如源).[2]

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
  2. "永福門院". コトバンク (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-10-13.
Japanese royalty
Preceded by
Princess Reishi		 Empress consort of Japan
1288–1298		 Succeeded by
Fujiwara no Kinshi


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