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| Princess Yasuko | |
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| Empress consort of Japan | |
| Tenure | 1091–1093 |
| Born | 1076 |
| Died | 1096 (aged 19–20) |
| House | Imperial House of Japan |
| Father | Emperor Shirakawa |
| Mother | Fujiwara no Kenshi (1057–1084) |
Princess Yasuko orPrincess Teishi (媞子内親王,Teishi (Yasuko) Naishinō; 1076–1096), laterIkuhomon'in (郁芳門院) was anhonorary Empress of Japan to her brotherEmperor Horikawa.
She was the first daughter ofEmperor Shirakawa andFujiwara no Kenshi (1057–1084), and the sister ofEmperor Horikawa. She served as theSaiō of her father Emperor Shirakawa in 1078–1086. In 1087, her father abdicated in favor of her brother Emperor Horikawa.
In 1091, she was appointed Honorary Empress to her twelve-year-old brother the Emperor. It was rare for a sister to be appointed Empress of her own brother, but she was actually his nurse and adoptive mother, their mother having been dead since he was five.[1]
She retired as her brother's empress in 1093.
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| Preceded by | Empress consort of Japan 1091–1093 | Succeeded by |
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