Queen Hanshi

Japanese: 班子女王 - はんしじょおう

Year of death: 1st April, 3rd year of Shōtai (2nd May, 900)
Year of birth: Tencho 10 (833)
A consort in the early Heian period. Empress Dowager and Empress Dowager of Toin. Her father was Prince Nakano and her mother was from the Tonomune clan. She became the wife before Prince Tokiyasu (Emperor Koko) ascended to the throne, and gave birth to four sons and four daughters, including Prince Sadamori (Emperor Uda) and Princess Tameshi. In 884 (Gangei 8), she became a Junior Third Rank consort when Koko ascended to the throne. In 887 (Ninna 3), after Koko's death and Emperor Uda ascended to the throne, she became Crown Princess, and when Emperor Daigo ascended to the throne, she became Empress Dowager. In 897 (Kanpei 9), she ordered Emperor Uda to stop the plot by Fujiwara no Tokihira to have his daughter Princess Tameshi enter the court of Emperor Daigo, who ascended to the throne at the same time as his coming-of-age ceremony, and to have his younger sister Onshi enter the court. When Princess Tameko died after giving birth in 899, rumors spread that she had died because of the vengeful spirit of Onshi's mother, and the Empress Dowager became increasingly displeased and continued to refuse Onshi's entry into the Imperial Court. Onshi was finally allowed to enter the Imperial Court after the death of Princess Hanshi. This shows that the Queen Mother had a great influence. She built Yamashiro Jofukuji Temple. There is also a theory that she was born in 853 (Jinju 3).

(Sanae Hattori)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

没年：昌泰3.4.1(900.5.2)
生年：天長10(833)
平安前期の女御。皇太后,洞院の太后。父は仲野親王,母は当宗氏。時康親王(光孝天皇)の即位以前に妃となり,定省親王(宇多天皇),為子内親王ら4男4女を生む。元慶8(884)年,光孝の即位により従三位女御。仁和3(887)年に光孝が没し宇多天皇が即位すると皇太夫人,孫醍醐天皇の即位により皇太后となる。寛平9(897)年,元服と同時に即位した醍醐天皇に娘の為子内親王を入内させ,妹穏子を入内させようとした藤原時平の画策を停止させるよう宇多天皇に命じた。昌泰2(899)年為子内親王が出産後没すると,穏子の母の怨霊によって死んだとの浮説が巷に流れ,皇太后はますます不愉快になり穏子の入内を拒み続けた。穏子の入内が果たされたのは,班子女王の没後であった。国母が強大な発言権を持っていたことをうかがわせる。山城浄福寺を建立した。生年を仁寿3(853)年とする説もある。

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