The title was used when the emperor needed an honorary empress to perform certain tasks. The title was only used ceremonially, typically by a female relative who was a previous empress. It could also be used for an honorary empress dowager, not just an honorary empress consort.[1][4][3]
The title first came to use in 1091. The formerSaiō,Princess Yasuko, was made the honorary empress for her brother,Emperor Horikawa. It was odd for the empress to be her husband's sister, but she was actually Horikawa's nurse, and adoptive mother, and she would retire in 1093.[1][5][6]
Princess Rishi – honorary empress to her nephew,Emperor Shijō.[7] She was first made his honorary empress, but then would later become his honorary mother. She would serve until 1239, when she became a nun, and was bestowed theDharma name, Shinseichi. She was given the title, Shikiken Mon'in on the same day.[10]
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^Shoten, Iwanami (1993).国書人名辞典 [Dictionary of Japanese Biographies] (in Japanese). 岩波書店. p. 212.ISBN978-4-00-080083-9.
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