Empress Shōshi

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Heian-period noblewoman Japanese empress consort cultural patron member of the Japanese imperial court

Empress Shōshi was a Heian-period Japanese imperial consort and cultural patron whose court became a major center of literature, famously including the author Murasaki Shikibu.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Empress Teishi 3
Empress Shōshi canonical 2
Empress (chūgū) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Heian-period noblewoman ⓘ
Japanese empress consort ⓘ
cultural patron ⓘ
member of the Japanese imperial court ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Jōtōmon-in ⓘ
associatedWork The Tale of Genji ⓘ
birthYear 988 ⓘ
century 10th century ⓘ
11th century ⓘ
child Emperor Go-Ichijō ⓘ
Emperor Go-Suzaku ⓘ
clan Fujiwara clan ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
court Heian aristocracy ⓘ
surface form: Heian court
courtMember Akazome Emon ⓘ
Ise no Taifu ⓘ
Izumi Shikibu ⓘ
Murasaki Shikibu ⓘ
Sei Shōnagon ⓘ
culture Heian period ⓘ
surface form: Heian Japan
deathYear 1074 ⓘ
era Heian period ⓘ
father Fujiwara no Michinaga ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
knownFor being patron of Murasaki Shikibu ⓘ
hosting a literary salon ⓘ
patronage of literature ⓘ
supporting women writers ⓘ
language Classical Japanese ⓘ
legacy central figure in Heian court culture ⓘ
major patron of classical Japanese literature ⓘ
mother Minamoto no Rinshi ⓘ
name Empress Shōshi self-link ⓘ
nativeName 彰子 ⓘ
patronOf Murasaki Shikibu’s writing ⓘ
court literature ⓘ
waka poetry ⓘ
position chūgū ⓘ
empress consort of Japan ⓘ
posthumousTitle Jōtōmon-in ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
religiousTitle nyoin ⓘ
residence Kyoto ⓘ
surface form: Heian-kyō
roleInPolitics strengthened Fujiwara regency power ⓘ
romanization Shōshi ⓘ
socialStatus noble ⓘ
sphereOfInfluence imperial court culture ⓘ
women’s literary production ⓘ
spouse Emperor Ichijō ⓘ

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Murasaki Shikibu → servedAtCourtOf → Empress Shōshi ⓘ
Sei Shōnagon → servedAtCourtOf → Empress Shōshi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Empress Teishi
The Pillow Book → associatedWith → Empress Shōshi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Empress Teishi
Empress Shōshi → name → Empress Shōshi self-link ⓘ
Fujiwara no Shōshi → predecessorAsEmpressConsort → Empress Shōshi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Empress Teishi
Fujiwara no Shōshi → title → Empress Shōshi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Empress (chūgū)