Noriko Takakura

Japanese: 高倉範子 - たかくらはんし

?-1200(Shoji 2)
She was called the Minister of Justice, Third Rank, after the official title of her father, Norikane. She was the elder sister of Minister of Justice, Second Rank Kaneko (Kyo no Tsubone). She was initially married to Noen, who was the same mother as Taira no Tokiko, and gave birth to Arishi (later known as Jomyōmon'in). When Emperor Gotoba was born in 1180 (Jishō 4), she and her sister became wet nurses, but she did not accompany her husband or the Taira clan on their flight to the west, and eventually remarried to MINAMOTO no Michichika, taking Arishi with her. This contributed greatly to the expansion of Michichika's power, but compared to her sister's fierceness, Noriko herself seems to have been of a gentle nature, and is not known for any particular political activity.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

？‐1200(正治2)
父範兼の官職にちなんで刑部卿三位と称した。卿二位兼子(卿局（きようのつぼね）)の姉。はじめ平時子と同腹の能円（のうえん）に嫁し，在子(のちの承明門院)をもうける。1180年(治承4)後鳥羽天皇が誕生するや妹とともに乳母に上がったが，夫や平氏一門の西走に同行せず，やがて在子を伴って源通親に再嫁した。これが通親の権勢伸長に益するところ多大だったが，妹の辣腕ぶりにくらべて範子自身は温順な性質であったらしく，格別の政治的活動は知られていない。

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