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Princess Tokushi

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Empress consort of Japan

Princess Tokushi (篤子内親王; 1060–1114 CE) (also Atsuko^[1]) was a princess and an empress consort of Japan. She was the consort of her nephew, Emperor Horikawa.^[2][1]

Biography[edit]

She was the fourth daughter of Emperor Go-Sanjō and his cousin Imperial Princess Kaoruko. Additionally, she was the sister of Emperor Shirakawa.^[3][4]

Her father died in 1073 and was succeeded by her brother, Emperor Shirakawa.^[5] In 1087, Shirakawa abdicated, and appointed his young son, who was crowned Emperor Horikawa. This was against the wishes of the late Emperor Go-Sanjō, who had indicated that, after Shirakawa, the throne should pass to Shirakawa's brothers.^[5]

To ensure that his direct familial line retained power, and to avoid any chance for others to gain influence, in 1093 Shirakawa had his thirty-four-year-old sister Princess Tokushi married to his son, the thirteen-year-old Emperor.^[1][5]

Despite hopes and imperial prayers, the marriage did not result in children, and 1098 Emperor Horikawa took an additional wife, who gave birth to a crown prince (later Emperor Toba).^[5] Horikawa and Tokushi's court was known for fostering poetry and literature.^[6]

In 1107, Emperor Horikawa died, and Tokushi became a Buddhist nun.^[7][3]

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