Princess Seishi

Seishi
正子内親王
Empress consort of Japan
TenureMarch 26, 827 – March 26, 833
Empress dowager of Japan
TenureMarch 26, 833 – 854
Grand empress dowager of Japan
TenureMay 26, 854 – April 18, 879
Born810
DiedApril 18, 879(879-04-18) (aged 68–69)
Burial
Sagadaikakuji Monzen Noboricho, Ukyō-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture
SpouseEmperor Junna (m. 827–840)
Issue
HouseImperial House of Japan
FatherEmperor Saga
MotherTachibana no Kachiko

Princess Seishi (正子内親王, Seishi Naishinnō, 810 – April 18, 879) was an empress consort of Japan.[1] She was the empress consort of her paternal uncle Emperor Junna.[2]

She became empress in 827. Her husband abdicated in 833. Either when she was widowed in 840, or when her son was deposed as crown prince in 842, Seishi followed the example of her mother and became a nun: she retired to the palace of her late spouse, Junna'in, which she made in to a family convent, engaging in sponsoring lectures of the Lotus Sutra and providing care for orphans. [3][4]

  1. ^ Groner, Paul (2002-06-30). Ryōgen and Mount Hiei: Japanese Tendai in the Tenth Century. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-6420-0.
  2. ^ The Art Bulletin. College Art Association of America. 2002.
  3. ^ Barbara R. Ambros, Women in Japanese Religions
  4. ^ Ambros, Barbara R. (2015-05-29). Women in Japanese Religions. NYU Press. ISBN 978-1-4798-3651-2.