• Comment: also needs a lot of cleaning up but based off the sources so far, it has gng potential. brachy08 (chat here lol) 04:38, 28 June 2024 (UTC)
  • Comment: Hi Camillz, I see this more as a List of Junbo-Ritsugō but the issue I see is Junbo-Ritsugō is not mentioned in the main articles so there's a disconnect. (Apologies if I am not using the term/title correctly). S0091 (talk) 18:35, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

Junbo-Ritsugō (准母立后)
Creation date1091
CreationFor Princess Yasuko, to refer to the honorary mother of the emperor
First holderPrincess Yasuko (First, as adoptive mother of Emperor Horikawa)
Last holderPrincess Shōshi (Last, as honorary empress of Emperor Go-Daigo
Present holderNone
Subsidiary titlesNone
StatusExtant

Junbo-Ritsugō (准母立后), is a Japanese title refering to an honorary empress, or the honorary mother of the Japanese Emperor[1]

History

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The title first came to use in 1091. The former Saiō, Princess Yasuko, was made the honorary empress for her brother, Emperor Horikawa, this was actually odd for the empress to be her husbands sister, but she was actually Horikawa's nurse, and adoptive mother, and she would retire in 1093.[1][2]

List

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The list of Junbo-Ritsugō is:

Princess Yasuko.

Princess Yasuko was the nurse and adoptive mother of her younger brother. She would later retire from the position in 1093.[1]

Princess Reishi.

Princess Reishi was appointed as honorary empress in 1108 to her nephew Emperor Toba. She would server until she became nun in 1130.[3]

Princess Muneko.

Princess Muneko was honorary empress to her nephew, the Emperor Nijō. She was only empress until her nephew found a permanent empress. She retired when her nephew, the emperor Nijō, found an Official empress.[4]

Princess Sukeko.

Princess Sukeko is the only empress to be honorary empress twice. First to her nephew Emperor Antoku, and then Emperor Go-Toba. She was the honorary mother of them to be specific. She would mainly perform court functions in her time as honorary empress, and it's not exactly known when, or even if she retired as honorary empress.[5]

Princess Noriko.

Princess Noriko was honorary empress to her nephew, Emperor Tsuchimikado. Not much else is known about her other than her being a Saiin.[6]

Princess Shōshi (first Shōshi).

Princess Shōshi was honorary empress to her brother, Emperor Juntoku. Nothing more is known about her.

Princess Kuniko.

Princess Kuniko was honorary empress to her brother, Emperor Go-Horikawa. She was also the Surrogate mother of Emperor Kameyama, and served as honorary empress until she became a nun in 1235.[7]

Princess Rishi.

Princess Rishi was honorary empress to her nephew, Emperor Shijō. She was first made his honorary empress, but then would later become his honorary mother. She would serve until 1239, where she would become a nun, and be bestowed the Dharma name, Shinseichi. She would be given the title, Shikiken Mon'in the same day.[8]

Princess Teruko.

Princess Teruko was honorary mother to her nephew, Emperor Go-Saga. Not much else is known.[9]

Princess Shōshi (last Shōshi).

Princess Shōshi briefly served as honorary empress for her brother, Emperor Go-Daigo, before becoming a nun the same year in 1319. She received the Dharma name Shinrikaku. She was the last Junbo-Ritsugō.[10]

See also

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Josei Tennō

Empress of Japan

Empress Michiko

Refrences

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  1. ^ a b c Ruppert, Brian Douglas (2000). Jewel in the Ashes: Buddha Relics and Power in Early Medieval Japan. Harvard Univ Asia Center. ISBN 978-0-674-00245-6.
  2. ^ Saikū Historical Museum, Meiwa, Mie: wall-display information table
  3. ^ 日本人名大辞典+Plus,367日誕生日大事典, 朝日日本歴史人物事典,デジタル版. "令子内親王(れいしないしんのう)とは? 意味や使い方". コトバンク (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-06-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, R. A. B. (2014-06-03). Studies In Shinto & Shrines. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-89294-3.
  5. ^ George Bailey Sansom. (1958). A History of Japan to 1334. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press.
  6. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, Studies in Shinto, p. 74.
  7. ^ The Clear Mirror: A Chronicle of the Japanese Court During the Kamakura Period (1185-1333). Stanford University Press. 1998-08-01. ISBN 978-0-8047-6388-2.
  8. ^ 日本人名大辞典+Plus, ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典,デジタル版. "式乾門院(しきけんもんいん)とは? 意味や使い方". コトバンク (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-06-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ "日本女性人名辞典 | WorldCat.org". search.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
  10. ^ 日本人名大辞典+Plus,朝日日本歴史人物事典, デジタル版. "達智門院(たっちもんいん)とは? 意味や使い方". コトバンク (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-06-27.