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Fujiwara no Kinshi (Go-Shirakawa)

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Empress consort of Japan
Fujiwara no Kinshi
藤原忻子
Empress consort of Japan
TenureNovember 11, 1156 – March 6, 1172
Empress dowager of Japan
Tenure1172–1209
Born1134
DiedSeptember 12, 1209(1209-09-12) (aged 74–75)
Heian-kyō (Kyōto)
SpouseEmperor Go-Shirakawa
HouseImperial House of Japan
FatherTokudaiji Kinyoshi
MotherFujiwara no Goshi

Fujiwara no Kinshi (藤原 忻子; 1134 – September 12, 1209) was an empress consort of Japan. She was the consort of Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan.

She was born as the daughter of Tokudaiji Kinyoshi. She entered the Imperial Court and became a lady-in-waiting in 1155. She was made empress consort of Emperor Go-Shirakawa in 1156. Emperor Go-Shirakawa abdicated 2 years later. She was made empress dowager in 1172 and died at the age of 76 in 1209.

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Japanese royalty
Preceded byFujiwara no Shimeko Empress consort of Japan
1156–1172
Succeeded byPrincess Muneko
Preceded byTaira no Shigeko Empress dowager of Japan
1172–1209
Succeeded byMinamoto no Michiko
(granted title posthumously)
Japan Empresses consort of Japan
Legendary
Jōmon
660 BC–291 BC
Yayoi
290 BC–269 AD
Yamato
Kofun
269–539
Asuka
539–710
Nara
710–794
Heian
794–1185
Kamakura
1185–1333
Northern Court
1333–1392
  • None
Muromachi
1333–1573
Azuchi-Momoyama
1573–1603
  • None
Edo
1603–1868
Empire of Japan
1868–1947
State of Japan
1947–present

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

Japan Empresses dowager of Japan
Legendary
Jōmon
660 BC–291 BC
Yayoi
290 BC–269 AD
Yamato
Kofun
269–539
Asuka
539–710
Nara
710–794
Heian
794–1185
Kamakura
1185–1333
Northern Court
1333–1392
  • None
Muromachi
1333–1573
  • Ano no Renshi
  • Niwata Asako
  • Madenokōji Eiko
Azuchi-Momoyama
1573–1603
  • None
Edo
1603–1868
  • Konoe Hisako
  • Nijō Ieko
  • Ichijō Tomiko
  • Konoe Koreko
  • Princess Yoshiko
  • Takatsukasa Yasuko
Empire of Japan
1868–1947
State of Japan
1947–present

Unless otherwise noted (as BC), years are in CE / AD  individuals that were given the title of empress dowager posthumously title removed in 896 due to a suspected affair with head priest of the Toko-ji Temple; title posthumously restored in 943 was made High Empress or de jure empress dowager during her husband's reign


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