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{{nihongo|'''Princess Kaoruko'''|馨子内親王|Kaoruko-naishinno|1029–1093}}, also known as '''Saiin-no Kōgō''' (西院皇后), was an [[empress consort]] (''chūgū'') of her cousin [[Emperor Go-Sanjō]] of Japan.<ref>[[Richard Ponsonby-Fane|Ponsonby-Fane, Richard]]. (1915). ''The Imperial Family of Japan,'' p. x.</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Hall |first=John Whitney |url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=eiTWWfoyuyAC&pg=PA584&dq=Moshi+Cambridge+history+of+Japan&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&ovdme=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiW-YXjrYqHAxVqp44IHTDRDfUQ6AF6BAgHEAM#v=onepage&q=Moshi%20Cambridge%20history%20of%20Japan&f=false |title=The Cambridge History of Japan |last2=Shively |first2=Donald H. |date=1988 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-22353-9 |language=en}}</ref>
{{nihongo|'''Princess Kaoruko'''|馨子内親王|Kaoruko-naishinno|1029–1093}}, also known as '''Saiin-no Kōgō''' (西院皇后), was an [[empress consort]] (''chūgū'') of her cousin [[Emperor Go-Sanjō]] of Japan.<ref>[[Richard Ponsonby-Fane|Ponsonby-Fane, Richard]]. (1915). ''The Imperial Family of Japan,'' p. x.</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Hall |first=John Whitney |url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=eiTWWfoyuyAC&pg=PA584&dq=Moshi+Cambridge+history+of+Japan&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&ovdme=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiW-YXjrYqHAxVqp44IHTDRDfUQ6AF6BAgHEAM#v=onepage&q=Moshi%20Cambridge%20history%20of%20Japan&f=false |title=The Cambridge History of Japan |last2=Shively |first2=Donald H. |date=1988 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-22353-9 |language=en}}</ref>


While a young child, she served as a Saiin (priestess) from 1032 until 1036. She was a daughter of [[Emperor Go-Ichijō]], and as such, marriage to her represented a means to lessen some of the influence of the powerful Fujiwara family (from which imperial consorts usually came).<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Hall |first=John Whitney |url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=J-tO9pOjzmsC&pg=PA70&dq=go-ichij%C5%8D+daughter+go-sanjo&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&ovdme=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjNg_K3m4yHAxVqwK0AHfDbATYQ6AF6BAgJEAM#v=onepage&q=go-ichij%C5%8D%20daughter%20go-sanjo&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> She married her cousin the future emperor in 1051. In 1068, her husband became emperor, and she was appointed empress.
She was the daughter of [[Emperor Go-Ichijō]].<ref name=":0" /> She served as [[Saiin (priestess)]] from 1032 until 1036. She married her cousin the future emperor in 1051. In 1068, her husband became emperor. She had no children.


Her husband had three consorts: Kaoruko, Minamoto Motoko, and Fujiwara Shigeko. The emperor hoped that Kaoruko would bear an heir, and thus allow him to pass the throne to a non-Fujiwara son.<ref name=":1" /> She had no children, however, and aft
After the death of her husband, she became a Buddhist nun under the name Saiin-no Kōgō (西院皇后). <ref>Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1915). ''The Imperial Family of Japan,'' p. x.</ref>

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the death of her husband, she became a Buddhist nun under the name Saiin-no Kōgō (西院皇后). <ref>Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1915). ''The Imperial Family of Japan,'' p. x.</ref>


==References==
==References==

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Princess Kaoruko
Empress consort of Japan
Tenure1069–1073
Born1029
Died1093 (aged 63–64)
SpouseEmperor Go-Sanjō
HouseYamato
FatherEmperor Go-Ichijō
MotherFujiwara no Ishi

Princess Kaoruko (馨子内親王, Kaoruko-naishinno, 1029–1093), also known as Saiin-no Kōgō (西院皇后), was an empress consort (chūgū) of her cousin Emperor Go-Sanjō of Japan.[1][2]

While a young child, she served as a Saiin (priestess) from 1032 until 1036. She was a daughter of Emperor Go-Ichijō, and as such, marriage to her represented a means to lessen some of the influence of the powerful Fujiwara family (from which imperial consorts usually came).[2][3] She married her cousin the future emperor in 1051. In 1068, her husband became emperor, and she was appointed empress.

Her husband had three consorts: Kaoruko, Minamoto Motoko, and Fujiwara Shigeko. The emperor hoped that Kaoruko would bear an heir, and thus allow him to pass the throne to a non-Fujiwara son.[3] She had no children, however, and aft

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ter the death of her husband, she became a Buddhist nun under the name Saiin-no Kōgō (西院皇后). [4]

References

  1. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1915). The Imperial Family of Japan, p. x.
  2. ^ a b Hall, John Whitney; Shively, Donald H. (1988). The Cambridge History of Japan. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-22353-9.
  3. ^ a b Hall, John Whitney; Mass, Jeffrey P. (1988). Medieval Japan: Essays in Institutional History. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-1511-9.
  4. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1915). The Imperial Family of Japan, p. x.
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