Ichijō (Tennō)

Ichijō, 66th Tennō of Japan

Ichijō ( Japanese 一条 天皇 , Ichijō-tennō ; * July 15, 980 , † July 25, 1011 ) was the 66th Tennō of Japan . He ruled from June 23, 986 to June 13, 1011.

The actual political power was at the beginning of his office with the regent ( Sesshō ) from the Fujiwara family Fujiwara no Kaneie (929-990).

Ichijō's first wife ( Kōgō ) was Teishi ( 定子 , also read Sadako), whose lady-in-waiting Sei Shonagon was the author of the pillow book . When Fujiwara no Michinaga came to power as regent, he wanted to make his daughter Kogō and claimed that the titles Chūgū ( 中 宮 ) and Kōgō ( 皇后 ) are different, although both are synonyms. Teishi was given the title of Kogo and Fujiwara no Shoshi , Michinaga's daughter, was given the title of Chugu.

Shōshi gave birth to the Tennō Go-Ichijō and Go-Suzaku . She was considered wise and, as empress, often prevented the arbitrariness of her own brothers. She and her father Fujiwara no Michinaga gathered well-known and educated women around them. The farm belonged Murasaki Shikibu (author of Genji Monogatari ), Izumi Shiku (poet), Akazome Emon (author of the Eiga Monogatari ) u. a. on.

literature

• Jien: The Future and the Past . A Translation and Study of the Gukanshō, an interpretative History of Japan written in 1219. By Delmer M. Brown and Ichirõ Ishida. University of California Press, Berkeley CA et al. 1979, ISBN 0-520-03460-0 , 2. Medieval Age: Emperor Ichijō to Hōgen , p. 60-105 (English, online ).

predecessor	Office	successor
Kazan	Tennō 986-1011	Sanjō