This articlerelies largely or entirely on asingle source. Relevant discussion may be found on thetalk page. Please helpimprove this article byintroducing citations to additional sources. Find sources: "Fujiwara no Ryoshi" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(March 2025)

Fujiwara no Ryoshi (藤原 旅子, also readFujiwara no Tabiko; 759–788) was a Japanesenoblewoman of theNara period. She was a consort toEmperor Kanmu and the mother ofEmperor Junna.

Fujiwara no Ryoshi was born in 759^[1] toFujiwara no Momokawa^[1] andFujiwara no Moroe (藤原諸姉),^[1] a daughter ofFujiwara no Yoshitsugu.^[1] Like many Japanese noblewomen of the pre-modern era, the correct reading of her given name is uncertain,^{[citation needed]} and the readingsRyoshi^[1] andTabiko^[1] are speculativeon andkun readings, respectively.^{[citation needed]}

InEnryaku 4 (785) she was given theJunior Third Rank.^[1] In the first month of the following year, she boreEmperor Kanmu the prince, Prince Ōtomo (大伴親王Ōtomo-shinnō, later to ascend to the throne asEmperor Junna)^[1] and became Emperor Kanmu's consort (夫人bunin).^[1]

She died in 788,^[1] at the age of 30 (byJapanese reckoning),^[1] and was posthumously granted theSenior First Rank^[1] and the title of empress (妃kisaki).^[1] Subsequently, inKōnin 14 (823) with the accession of her son, she was granted the title of Grand Empress (皇太后kōtaigō).^[1]

This biography of aJapanese noble is astub. You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• Fujiwara Shiki-ke
• Japanese posthumous empresses
• 759 births
• 788 deaths
• 8th-century Japanese women
• Japanese nobility stubs

• Articles with short description
• Short description is different from Wikidata
• Articles needing additional references from March 2025
• All articles needing additional references
• All articles with unsourced statements
• Articles with unsourced statements from December 2018
• CS1 Japanese-language sources (ja)
• All stub articles