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: I have a few more details about Muneko
: Matsunoki (or Matsuki) which may (or not !)
: be of interest.
:
: Muneko was born on 30th day of the 12th
: month of Meireki 3rd year. Meireki 3
: equates to 1657 but but once it is converted
: to the western calendar it becomes 2nd Feb
: 1658.
:
: All dates below are converted to Western
: ones.
:
: Muneko (born 2 Feb 1658; died 18 Oct 1732)
: was the daughter of Naidaijin (Minister of
: the Centre) Munenaga Matsunoki by Hideko
: Kawabata. She held the post of Naishi no Jo
: (Shoji) aat the court of Emperor Reigen and
: was known as Joro no Tsubone. She bore him
: 3 sons and 4 daughters. Following the
: accession of her son Emperor Higashiyama she
: was given Jusangu rank on 18 Feb 1689 i.e.
: rank equivalent to one of the three
: empresses (empresses consort, dowager and
: grand dowager) but did not actually have the
: title of Kotaigo (dowager empress). During
: the reign of her grandson Emperor Nakamikado
: she became a nun on 26 Dec 1711 and on 30
: Dec 1713 she was given the title
: Keihomon'in.
:
: Children by Emperor Reigen
: 1) Asahito Shinno, born 21 Oct 1675; died 16
: Jan 1710. Emperor Higashiyama (reigned
: 1687-1709).
: 2) Tomiko Naishinno (originally named Fusa
: no Miya, later Aya no Miya), born 21 Oct
: 1676; died 31 July 1707, married 9 June
: 1698, Fushimi no Miya Kuninaga Shinno (born
: 10 May 1676; died 14 Nov 1726) and had
: issue, 1 son and 1 daughter.
: 3) Eishu Joo (originally named Shige no Miya
: and later Tomo no Miya), born 27 Jan 1678;
: dunm 12 Aug 1725, became a nun 21 Sept 1688,
: Head of the Keiaiji Temple, Kyoto.
: 4) Ayahito Shinno ( originally named Fukiya
: no Miya), born 8 Sept 1680; died 23 Apr
: 1711, adopted son of Arisugawa no Miya
: Yukihito Shinno and became 3rd Head of the
: House of Arisugawa 31 Aug 1688 but the
: adoption was cancelled 4 Nov 1695. He
: became 6th Head of the House of Hachijo no
: Miya 1 Aug 1696 but the name of the House
: changed to Kyogoku no Miya 3 Aug 1696 (and
: later became Katsura no Miya), received the
: title of Shinno 29 June 1697.
: 5) Ume no Miya (originally named Tazuru no
: Miya) (daughter), born 9 Sept 1681; died 5
: Feb 1684.
: 6) Katsuko Naishinno (originally named Yaya
: no Miya, changed to Sada no Miya 9 May
: 1691), born at Kyoto 15 Mar 1686, dunm 25
: Oct 1716, received the title of Naishinno 30
: Apr 1707.
: 7) Sei no Miya (son), born 18 June 1688;
: died 25 Oct 1693, designated heir to the
: headship of the Sanzen'in Temple, Ohara in
: succession to his uncle Seiin Hôshinno but
: died before entering holy orders.
:
: Regarding dowager empresses. In the
: traditional Japanese system (i.e. pre-1889)
: the wife of an abdicated emperor could also
: be called Kotaigo "dowager
: empress" even if her husband were still
: alive.
:
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: --Previous Message--
:
: Yep, it looks like the concubine Muneko was
: mother of Asahito 'Higashiyama' tenno, and
: Ayahito of Kogyoku (Kstsura), and Tomiko m
: Fushimi. Her being concubine appears to have
: been at its most effective between 1675 and
: 1686 when she gave several births.
:
: This may be correct or incorrect, but I once
: filed dates 1657-1732 for her.
:
: At some occasion, she was granted the name
: Keiho, and granted the titulary of official
: imperial mother. I do not know about the
: dowager part, since Asahito 'Higashiyama'
: died long before Satohito 'Reigen', and if
: there is some idea that Dowager actually
: needs to be a widow...
:
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: --Previous Message--
: Wasn't Muneko Matsuki also the mother of
: Emperor Higashiyama? Would you have any
: dates for her? Wasn't she granted the title
: of Dowager Empress during Higashiyama's
: reign? Any answers for the above would be
: much appreciated.
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