Princess Junshi
| Princess Junshi 珣子内親王 | |
|---|---|
| Empress consort of Japan | |
| Tenure | 13 January 1334 – 11 June 1337 |
| Born | 1311 Kyoto, Japan |
| Died | 11 June 1337 (aged 25–26) |
| Spouse | Emperor Go-Daigo |
| Issue | Princess Sachiko |
| House | Yamato |
| Father | Emperor Go-Fushimi |
| Mother | Saionji (Fujiwara) Neishi |
Princess Junshi (珣子内親王; 1311 – 11 June 1337), or Shin-Muromachi-in (新室町院), was a Japanese princess and an empress consort (Chūgū) of Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan.[1]
She was a daughter of Emperor Go-Fushimi and the Court Lady Saionji (Fujiwara) Neishi.[2] Perhaps most notably, she was a younger sister of Emperor Kōgon, who was a member of the Jimyōin family line. For a period of time in the 13th and 14th centuries, the imperial line of succession was want to 'swap' between two family lines: the Jimyōin and the Daikakuji. A Jimyōin emperor would be followed by a Daikakuji emperor, and so on.[3]
In 1318, Go-Daigo, of the Daikakuji line, became emperor. In 1331, during the Genkō incident, his plot to overthrow the Kamakura shogun was discovered, and the shogun responded by was removing him from the throne, replacing him with Emperor Kōgon of the Jimyōin.[3][4]
In 1333, after much conflict, Go-Daigo re-took the throne. As part of his plan to neutralize the potential power of Kōgon and the Jimyōin family, Go-Daigo now married Junshi - Kōgon's sister.[3][4]
Later on, she became known as Empress Dowager Shin-Muromachi-in.
- Issue
- Imperial Princess Sachiko (幸子内親王) (1335–?)
Notes
- ^ "Changing Agendas at Musō Soseki's Tenryūji", Not Seeing Snow: Musō Soseki and Medieval Japanese Zen, BRILL, pp. 144–178, 15 August 2019, retrieved 19 January 2024
- ^ Goble, Andrew Edmund (4 November 1996), "Transforming the Center: The Imperium and Kyoto", Kenmu, Harvard University Asia Center, pp. 173–210, ISBN 978-1-68417-310-5, retrieved 19 January 2024
- ^ a b c Vallor, Molly (26 August 2019). Not Seeing Snow: Musō Soseki and Medieval Japanese Zen. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-39389-9.
- ^ a b Goble, Andrew Edmund (23 March 2020). Kenmu: Go-Daigo’s Revolution. BRILL. ISBN 978-1-68417-310-5.
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