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Princess Tokushi
Princess Tokushi
Empress consort of Japan
Tenure	1093–1107
Born	1060
Died	1114 (aged 53–54)
Spouse	Emperor Horikawa (m. 1093; died 1107)
House	Yamato
Father	Emperor Go-Sanjō
Mother	Kaoruko

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Princess Tokushi (篤子内親王; 1060–1114 CE) (also Atsuko^[1]) was a princess and an Empress consort of Japan. She was the consort of her nephew, Emperor Horikawa.^[2]^[1]

Life

She was the fourth daughter of Emperor Go-Sanjō and his cousin Imperial Princess Kaoruko. Additionally, she was the sister of Emperor Shirakawa.^[3]^[4]

Her father died in 1073 and was succeeded by her brother, Emperor Shirakawa.^[5] In 1087, Shirakawa abdicated, and appointed his young son, who was crowned Emperor Horikawa. This was against the wishes of the late Emperor Go-Sanjō, who had indicated that, after Shirakawa, the throne should pass to Shirakawa's brothers.^[5]

To ensure that his direct familial line retained power, and to avoid any chance for others to gain influence, Shirakawa had his thirty-four-year-old sister Princess Tokushi married to his son, the thirteen-year-old Emperor.^[1]^[5]

Despite hopes and imperial prayers, the marriage did not result in children, and 1098 Emperor Horikawa took an additional wife, who gave birth to a crown prince (later Emperor Toba).^[5] Horikawa and Tokushi's court fostered poetry and literature.^[6]

In 1107, she ordained as a Buddhist nun.^[7] She had no children.

At one point, she served as a Kamo priestess.

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Suke, Sanuki no (1977). The Emperor Horikawa Diary. University Press of Hawaii. ISBN 978-0-8248-0605-7.
^ Blair, Heather (2020-05-11). Real and Imagined: The Peak of Gold in Heian Japan. BRILL. ISBN 978-1-68417-551-2.
^ Stone, Jacqueline I. (2016-11-30). Right Thoughts at the Last Moment: Buddhism and Deathbed Practices in Early Medieval Japan. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-6765-2.
^ Shinkokinshū (2 vols): New Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern. BRILL. 2015-02-24. ISBN 978-90-04-28829-4.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Hall, John Whitney; Mass, Jeffrey P. (1988). Medieval Japan: Essays in Institutional History. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-1511-9.
^ Sarra, Edith (1999). Fictions of Femininity: Literary Inventions of Gender in Japanese Court Women’s Memoirs. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-3378-6.
^ "篤子内親王". コトバンク (in Japanese). The Asahi Shimbun Company. Retrieved 2019-10-13.

Japanese royalty
Preceded by Princess Yasuko	Empress consort of Japan 1093–1107	Succeeded by Princess Reishi

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[:0-1] Suke, Sanuki no (1977). The Emperor Horikawa Diary. University Press of Hawaii. ISBN 978-0-8248-0605-7.

[2] Blair, Heather (2020-05-11). Real and Imagined: The Peak of Gold in Heian Japan. BRILL. ISBN 978-1-68417-551-2.

[3] Stone, Jacqueline I. (2016-11-30). Right Thoughts at the Last Moment: Buddhism and Deathbed Practices in Early Medieval Japan. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-6765-2.

[4] Shinkokinshū (2 vols): New Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern. BRILL. 2015-02-24. ISBN 978-90-04-28829-4.

[:1-5] Hall, John Whitney; Mass, Jeffrey P. (1988). Medieval Japan: Essays in Institutional History. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-1511-9.

[6] Sarra, Edith (1999). Fictions of Femininity: Literary Inventions of Gender in Japanese Court Women’s Memoirs. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-3378-6.

[7] "篤子内親王". コトバンク (in Japanese). The Asahi Shimbun Company. Retrieved 2019-10-13.

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-She was the fourth daughter of [[Emperor Go-Sanjō]] and his cousin [[Princess Kaoruko|Imperial Princess Kaoruko]], and the sister of [[Emperor Shirakawa]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Stone |first=Jacqueline I. |url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=Gl8EEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA107&dq=Princess+Tokushi&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&ovdme=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjijYbamYqHAxVdhY4IHYi0DTwQ6AF6BAgLEAM#v=onepage&q=Princess%20Tokushi&f=false |title=Right Thoughts at the Last Moment: Buddhism and Deathbed Practices in Early Medieval Japan |date=2016-11-30 |publisher=University of Hawaii Press |isbn=978-0-8248-6765-2 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=u3q9BwAAQBAJ&pg=PA110&dq=Princess+Tokushi&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&ovdme=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjijYbamYqHAxVdhY4IHYi0DTwQ6AF6BAgHEAM#v=onepage&q=Princess%20Tokushi&f=false |title=Shinkokinshū (2 vols): New Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern |date=2015-02-24 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-28829-4 |language=en}}</ref>
+She was the fourth daughter of [[Emperor Go-Sanjō]] and his cousin [[Princess Kaoruko|Imperial Princess Kaoruko]],  the sister of [[Emperor Shirakawa]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Stone |first=Jacqueline I. |url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=Gl8EEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA107&dq=Princess+Tokushi&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&ovdme=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjijYbamYqHAxVdhY4IHYi0DTwQ6AF6BAgLEAM#v=onepage&q=Princess%20Tokushi&f=false |title=Right Thoughts at the Last Moment: Buddhism and Deathbed Practices in Early Medieval Japan |date=2016-11-30 |publisher=University of Hawaii Press |isbn=978-0-8248-6765-2 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=u3q9BwAAQBAJ&pg=PA110&dq=Princess+Tokushi&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&ovdme=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjijYbamYqHAxVdhY4IHYi0DTwQ6AF6BAgHEAM#v=onepage&q=Princess%20Tokushi&f=false |title=Shinkokinshū (2 vols): New Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern |date=2015-02-24 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-28829-4 |language=en}}</ref>
+Her father died in 1073 and was succeeded by her brother, Emperor Shirakawa.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Hall |first=John Whitney |url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=J-tO9pOjzmsC&pg=PA72&dq=Horikawa+atsuko&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&ovdme=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi8uKyUoIqHAxVxpY4IHUmABAE4FBDoAXoECAsQAw#v=onepage&q=Horikawa%20atsuko&f=false |title=Medieval Japan: Essays in Institutional History |last2=Mass |first2=Jeffrey P. |date=1988 |publisher=Stanford University Press |isbn=978-0-8047-1511-9 |language=en}}</ref> In 1087, Shirakawa abdicated, and appointed his young son, who was crowned Emperor Horikawa. This was against the wishes of the late Emperor Go-Sanjō, who had indicated that, after Shirakawa, the throne should pass to Shirakawa's brothers.<ref name=":1" />
-Her father died in 1073 and was succeeded by her brother Emperor Shirakawa, who abdicated favoring his son - Emperor Horikawa - in 1087.  In 1093, the fourteen-year-old Emperor married his paternal aunt, Princess Tokushi.
+To ensure that his direct familial line retained power, and to avoid any chance for others to gain influence, Shirakawa had his thirty-four-year-old sister Princess Tokushi married to his son, the thirteen-year-old Emperor.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
+Despite hopes and imperial prayers, the marriage did not result in children, and 1098 Emperor Horikawa took an additional wife, who gave birth to a crown prince (later [[Emperor Toba]]).<ref name=":1" /> Horikawa and Tokushi's court fostered poetry and literature.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sarra |first=Edith |url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=owdnBMrC_5AC&pg=PA298&dq=Horikawa+atsuko&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&ovdme=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiN1d_Hn4qHAxVVpY4IHU1TDeA4ChDoAXoECAkQAw#v=onepage&q=Horikawa%20atsuko&f=false |title=Fictions of Femininity: Literary Inventions of Gender in Japanese Court Women’s Memoirs |date=1999 |publisher=Stanford University Press |isbn=978-0-8047-3378-6 |language=en}}</ref>
 In 1107, she ordained as a Buddhist nun.<ref>{{cite web |title=篤子内親王 |url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E7%AF%A4%E5%AD%90%E5%86%85%E8%A6%AA%E7%8E%8B-1050185 |website=コトバンク |publisher=The Asahi Shimbun Company |accessdate=2019-10-13 |language=Japanese}}</ref> She had no children.