Princess Tokushi


Princess Tokushi was a princess and an Empress consort of Japan. She was the consort of her nephew, Emperor Horikawa.

Life

She was the fourth daughter of Emperor Go-Sanjō and his cousin Imperial Princess Kaoruko, and the sister of Emperor Shirakawa.
Her father died in 1073 and was succeeded by her brother Emperor Shirakawa, who abdicated favoring his son - Emperor Horikawa - in 1087. In 1093, the fourteen-year-old Emperor married his paternal aunt, Princess Tokushi.
In 1107, she ordained as a Buddhist nun. She had no children.