Kokamon-in

Japanese: 皇嘉門院 - こうかもんいん

Empress of Emperor Sutoku. Her given name was Seishi. Her father was Fujiwara no Tadamichi and her mother was Muneshi. In 1129, she entered the Imperial Court and became Emperor Sutoku's consort, and in 1130, she became Chugu (empress). In 1141, she became empress dowager and quasi-mother to Emperor Konoe. In 1150, she was given the title of In. When Sutoku was exiled to Sanuki during the Hogen Rebellion, she shaved her head and took the name Shojoe, but in 1163, she changed her posthumous name to Rengaku. After the Hogen Rebellion, her estates, including the estate of Saisho Kongo-in (present-day Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City), which had been passed down to Seishi by her father Tadamichi, were called Kokamon'in estates, and in 1180, Seishi disposed of the majority of her estates to her adopted son Kujo Yoshimichi, Kanezane's father, on the condition that Yoshimichi would give the majority of his estates to Yoshimichi. At the same time, Seiko transferred two estates, including Iwami Masuda Manor, to her younger brother Kanefusa, and three estates, including Echizen Imaizumi Manor, to her younger brother Shinen. The Kujo family estate was later formed around the manors transferred to Yoshimichi.
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Japanese:

崇徳(すとく)天皇の皇后。諱(いみな)は聖子(せいし)。父は藤原忠通，母は宗子。1129年入内して崇徳天皇の女御となり，1130年中宮（皇后）となる。1141年近衛天皇の即位とともに皇太后となり，同天皇の准母となる。1150年院号が宣下された。保元の乱で崇徳が讃岐に配流されると，剃髪して清浄恵と称したが，1163年法名を蓮覚と改めた。保元の乱後，父忠通から聖子に譲られた最勝金剛(さいしょうこんごう)院（現京都市東山区）領を含む所領は皇嘉門院領と称され，1180年聖子はその所領の大半を養子九条良通に譲ることを条件に，良通の父兼実に処分した。聖子は同時に弟兼房に石見益田荘など２ヵ所，弟信円にも越前今泉荘など３ヵ所を譲渡した。良通に譲られた荘園群を中心として，のちに九条家領が形成された。
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