Saionji Kishi

Saionji Kishi
西園寺禧子
High Empress (皇太后宮, Kōtaigō-gū)
Empress Kishi and Emperor Go-Daigo
Empress Kishi and Emperor Go-Daigo from Taiheiki Emaki (c.17th century)
Empress consort of Japan
Tenure21 September 1319 – 19 November 1333
Bornafter c.1295 – before 1305
Heian-kyō (Kyōto)
Died19 November 1333 (aged 27–c.38)
Heian-kyō (Kyōto)
SpouseEmperor Go-Daigo
IssuePrincess Kanshi
Regnal name
Go-Kyōgoku-in (後京極院)
House
FatherSaionji Sanekane
MotherFujiwara no Takako (藤原孝子)

Saionji Kishi (西園寺 禧子, ? – 19 November 1333), or more formally Fujiwara no Kishi (藤原 禧子), was an empress consort of Japan. She was the consort of Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan.[1] She was given the regnal name (join-gō (女院号)) Reiseimon-in (礼成門院) in 1332 when her husband was banished, but it was abolished when he returned to the chrysanthemum throne in 1333. Later she was given the second regnal name Go-Kyōgoku-in (後京極院) upon her death. She was also an excellent poet, 14 of whose waka poetry are included in chokusen wakashū (imperially-commissioned anthologies).

  1. ^ Mori Shigeaki. Go-Daigo tennō: nanboku-chō dōran o irodotta haō (後醍醐天皇: 南北朝動乱を彩った覇王). Tokyo: Chūōkōronshinsha, 2000. ISBN 4-12-101521-5