Japanese Buddhist nuns

Japanese author and court lady

Empress of Japan from 592 to 628

empress of Japan (1624-1696)

political leader of Kamakura shogunate

Japanese writer (1703-1775)

Japanese princess and poet, daughter of emperor Go-Shirakawa

thumb|320px|Portrait of Senhime , or Lady Sen, was the eldest daughter of the samurai, daimyo and shōgun Tokugawa Hidetada and later the wife of Toyotomi Hideyori. She was remarried to Honda Tadatoki after the death of her first husband. Following the death of her second husband, she later became a Buddhist nun under the name of .

Japanese noble

Japanese princess; youngest daughter of Emperor Ninkō and his concubine, Hashimoto Tsuneko

consort empress of Japan

Japanese samurai (1569-1602)

Japanese poet and author

Japanese Buddhist nun, poet, potter and artist (1791–1875)

daughter of Michinaga; empress consort of Ichijō

Japanese novelist, nun (1922–2021)

Empress consort of Emperor Toba of Japan

empress consort of Japanese emperor Takakura

daimyō of the Sengoku period

, also known as '''', was the official wife of , the 13th shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan. She was the daughter of Lady Oyuki and , who was the head of the branch of the Shimazu in Satsuma.

Empress consort of Emperor Toba of Japan

(died October 17, 1624), formerly known as , , , was an aristocrat and Buddhist nun, founder of the temple Kōdai-ji in Kyoto, Japan. She was formerly the principal samurai wife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi under the name of . When she rose in higher political status, she took the title of "Kita no mandokoro". As the matriarch figure of the Toyotomi clan, she led all diplomatic affairs that had to do with the imperial court, and monitored the daimyos' families who were being held hostage at Osaka Castle.

[媞子] daughter of Japanese emperor Shirakawa. She was titled empress

Empress consort of Japan

Empress consort of Japan

empress consort of Emperor Kōkaku; daughter of emperor Go-Momozono

empress consort of Japanese emperor Higashiyama

daughter of Fujiwara no Michinaga; Empress consort of Sanjō

Fujiwara no Teishi (藤原 呈子, also read Fujiwara no Shimeko; 1131 – October 23, 1176) was a Japanese noblewoman (nyoin) of the late Heian period. She was a consort to Emperor Konoe but did not bear him any children and entered religious orders in her mid twenties. Her dharma name was Shōjōkan (清浄観) and her ingō was Kujō-in (九条院).

Empress consort of Horikawa; daughter of emperor Go-Sanjo

empress consort of Japan

Empress consort of Japan

Japanese empress (786-850)

Japanese writer (1896-1994)

daughter of emperor Go-Ichijō

Empress consort of Emperor Go-Ichijo

empress consort of Japanese emperor Fushimi. also famous as poet

[利子] daughter of Morisada-shinnō; entitled Empress consort

[馨子] empress consort of Go-Sanjo; daughter of emperor Go-Ichijo

[奨子] daughter of emperor Go-Uda

Empress consort of En'yū

Empress consort of Japan

Empress consort of Japan

daughter of Fujiwara no Yorimichi; empress consort of Go-Reizei

Empress consort of Nijō; daughter of emperor Toba

Empress consort of Japan

Japanese Buddhist nun

empress consort of Go-Suzaku. daughter of Sanjō and mother of Go-Sanjō

Fujiwara no Taishi (藤原 泰子, also read Fujiwara no Yasuko; 1095–1156) was an Empress consort of Japan. She was the consort of Emperor Toba of Japan. Her birth name was Fujiwara no Kunshi (藤原 勲子), her ingō was Kaya-no-in (高陽院) and her dharma name upon entering religious orders in 1141 was Shōjōri (清浄理).

(also written Chūjō Hime or Hase-Hime) (c. 753?–781?) was by most accounts a daughter of the court noble Fujiwara no Toyonari who escaped persecution at the hands of her stepmother by becoming a nun at the Taima-dera in Nara. There she took on the name Zenshin-ni or the Dharma name Honyo (法如). She has become a folk heroine, the subject of numerous Japanese folktales which celebrate her filial piety. She is sometimes called the Japanese Cinderella.

[令子] daughter of emperor Shirakawa; entitled Empress consort

poet

Empress consort of Emperor Sutoku of Japan

or (1570 – September 30, 1633) was a prominently placed figure in the late Sengoku period. She was daughter of Oichi and Nagamasa Azai, and the sister of Yodo-dono and Oeyo. Alongside her sisters, she was active in the political intrigues of her day. Ohatsu's close family ties to both the Toyotomi clan and the Tokugawa clan uniquely positioned her to serve as a conduit between the rivals. She acted as a liaison until 1615 in the siege of Osaka, when the Tokugawa eliminated the Toyotomi.

Empress consort of Japan

Japanese empress

daughter of emperor Toba; entitled empress

[正子] Empress consort of Junna; daughter of emperor Saga

Empress consort of Emperor Kameyama

wife of Maeda Toshiie, Japanese daimyo

Empress consort of Japan