Fujiwara no Kinshi

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Tokudaiji Kinshi
徳大寺忻子
Empress consort of Japan
Tenure4 November 1303 – 10 September 1308
Born1283
Heian-kyō (Kyōto)
Died16 February 1352(1352-02-16) (aged 68–69)
Heian-kyō (Kyōto)
Spouse
(m. 1303; died 1308)
HouseYamato
FatherTokudaiji Kintaka
MotherFujiwara no Yoshiko (藤原喜子)

Fujiwara no Kinshi (藤原(徳大寺)忻子, 1283 – 16 February 1352), also known as Chōrakumon-in (長楽門院), was an empress consort of Emperor Go-Nijō.[1]

She was the eldest daughter of Daijō-daijin Tokudaiji Kintaka. Her mother was Fujiwara no Yoshiko (藤原喜子), the third daughter of Naidaijin Sanjō Kinchika.

In 1303, Kinshi became a court lady of Emperor Go-Nijō. She gained the position of chūgū later the same year. However, she did not bear the emperor any children. In 1308, Go-Nijō died, and Kinshi became a nun. In 1311, she was granted the name Chōrakumon-in.

She died in 1352, at the age of 70.

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Japanese royalty
Preceded by Empress consort of Japan
1303–1308
Succeeded by