Shichijō-in
Japanese empress
Fujiwara no Shokushi (藤原殖子; 1157–1228) was a Japanese noblewoman in the late Heian and early Kamakura periods. She may have been known in life as Taneko or Masuko, but today is primarily known by her in title Shichijō-in. After entering Buddhist orders she took the name Shinnyochi. She was the mother of Emperor Go-Toba.
Life
Fujiwara no Shokushi was born in 1157. Her father was Bōmon Nobutaka, and her mother was Fujiwara no Kyūshi (藤原休子) of Fujiwara clan.
While serving Taira no Tokuko, the daughter of regent Taira no Kiyomori and wife of Emperor Takakura, she became naishi-no-suke ("Assistant Handmaid") to the emperor, and bore Prince Morisada and the future Emperor Go-Toba. In Kenkyū 1 (1190), she was of the Junior Third Rank and held the title of jusangū, she became a nyoin and took the title Shichijō-in (七条院). She took Buddhist orders in Genkyū 2 (1205), taking the dharma name Shinnyochi (真如智). According to the Gukanshō, her niece (by her younger brother Fujiwara no Nobukiyo) married the third Kamakura shōgun, Minamoto no Sanetomo.
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