List of Mon'in
This list of Monin ( Japanese 門 院 ) gives all 108 Japanese imperial wives or imperial mothers honored with this title (or with -in ( 院 )) in chronological order.
Notes: adop. = adopted / e; Number in the "Father" column = ... many daughter; Status:
| Surname | Japanese | Birth Name | father | Wife of ... | Mother of ... | Monastery entry | Order name | Died | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fujiwara no Akiko | 藤原 詮 子 | Fujiwara Senshi (= Akiko) | Fujiwara Kaneie (2) | Enyu | 26.X.991 | Higashi-Sanjō-in ( 東 三條 院 ) | 1002 | ||
| Jōtō-monin / Tōhoku-monin | 上 東門 院 / 東北 門 院 | Fujiwara Shōshi (= Akiko) ( 藤原 彰 子 ) | Fujiwara Michinaga (1) | Ichijō | Go-Ichijō , Go-Shujaku | Shōjō-kaku | 87 | ||
| Yōmei-monin | 陽明 門 院 | Teishi | Sanjō-in | Go-suzaku | Go-Sanjō | Myōhō-kaku | |||
| Nijō-in | 二條 院 | Sho-shi | Go-ichijō | Go-Reizei | 14.VII.1068 | ||||
| Ikuho-monin | 郁芳 門 院 | Tei-shi | Shirakawa (1); adop. Fujiwara Morozane | ||||||
| Taiken-monin | 待 賢 門 院 | Fujiwara Shōshi (= Tamako) | Fujiwara Kinzane no Kyō | Toba | 25.III.1142 | Shinnyo-hō | 45 | ||
| Kyōyō-in | 高 陽 門 院 | Fujiwara Yasuko (before: Kunshi) | Jisoku Kampaku | Toba | 24.VIII.1139 | Shōjōri (shu) | 16.I.1156 | 61 | |
| Bifuka-monin | 美 福 門 院 | Fujiwara Tokuko | Fujiwara Nagazane | Toba | Konoe | 1.VII.1156 | Shinshōjō (Shinjōku) | 22.XII.1160 | 44 |
| Kōka-monin | 皇 嘉 門 院 | Fujiwara Seishi | Fujiwara Tadamichi | Sutoku | 25.XI.1156 | Shōjō-e | 4.XII.1181 | ||
| Jōsai-monin | 上 西門 院 | Tōshi (Shunshi) | Toba (2) | 26.III.1160 | Shinnyo-ri | 2.IX.1189 | 64 | ||
| Hajijō-in | 八 條 院 | Kishi | Toba (3) | 27.VI.1152 | Kongō-kan (Kongō-shō) | 1211 | 75 | ||
| Takamastu-in | 高 松 院 | Imoko | Toba (4) | Nijō | Jissō-kaku | 20.VII.1176 | 36 | ||
| Kujō-in | 九 條 院 | Fujiwara Teishi | Fujiwara Koremichi , adop .: Hōshōji-Kampaku | 14.VIII.1167 | 42 | ||||
| Kenshun-monin | 建 春 門 院 | Taira Shigeko | Taira Tokinobu | Go-Shirakawa | Takakura | ||||
| Kenrei-monin | 建 禮 門 院 | Taira Tokuko (Tokushi) | Taira Kiyomori (2) | Takakura | Antoku | 12.VI.1184 | Shinnyo-kaku | 25.I.1214 (? 8.I.1212) | 59 (? 57) |
| Imbu-monin | 殷富 門 院 | Ryoshi | Go-Shirakawa (1) | 25.XI.1192 | Shinnyo-kan | 19.IV.1216 | |||
| Shichijō-in | 七 條 門 院 | Fujiwara Shoku-shi (Masuko) | Fujiwara Nobutaka | Takakura ( 妃 ) | 19.XII.1205 | Shinnyo-chi | 12.XII.1228 | 71 | |
| Senyō-monin | 宣 陽 門 院 | Kinshi | Go-Shirakawa (1) | Chōkōdō | 15.VII.1252 | 72 | |||
| Gishu-monin | 宜 秋 門 院 | Fujiwara Ninshi | Fujiwara Kanezane (1) | Go-Toba | Shōjochi | 3.II.1238 | 65 | ||
| Shōmei-monin | 承 明 門 院 | Minamoto Ariko | Fujiwara Michichika | 9.I.1212 | Shinnyo-kan | 15.VIII.1257 | 86 | ||
| Bo-monin | 坊 門 院 | Noriko | Takakura, adop .: Fujiwara Mitsutaka | 34 | |||||
| Shumei-monin | 條 明 門 院 | Fujiwara Shigeko | Fujiwara Norisue | Go-Toba | 28.VII.1221 | Hōshō-kaku | 83 | ||
| Shunka-monin | 春華 門 院 | Shōshi | Tsukiwa-Kampaku, adop .: Hachijō-in | 14.XII.1211 | 17th | ||||
| Immei-monin | 陰 明 門 院 | Fujiwara Reishi | Fujiwara Yorizane | Tsuchimikado | 0 | Shōjōmyō | 1.XI.1243 | 59 | |
| Kayō-monin | 嘉 陽 門 院 | Reishi | Fujiwara Nobutaka | 28.XI.1213 | Shinnyo-shō | 14.IX.1273 | 73 | ||
| Higashi-Ichijō-in | 東 一條 門 院 | Fujiwara Risshi | Fujiwara Yoshitsune (= Go-Kyōgoku-Kampaku) | Juntoku | 31.VIII.1226 | Shōjō-kan | 18.I.1248 | 57 | |
| Kita-Shirakawa-in | 北 白河 門 院 | Fujiwara Chin-shi | Fujiwara Motoie | 1222 | Nyo-ritsu | 66 | |||
| Anka-monin | 安嘉 門 院 | Kuniko | Go-Takakura | Go-Horikawa | 12.VI.1234 | Shōnyo-kaku | 24.XI.1283 | 75 | |
| Anki-monin | 安 ? 門 院 | Fujiwara Yushi | Fujiwara Sanjō Kinfusa | 4.XI.1246 | Shinshōjō | 2.III.1286 | |||
| Takatsukasa-in | 鷹 司 院 | Fujiwara Nagako | Fujiwara Iezane (= Inukuma-Kampaku) | Go-Horikawa | 7.V.1246 | Renge-shō | 9.III.1275 | 58 | |
| Sōheki-monin | 藻 璧 門 院 | Fujiwara Shunshi | Fujiwara Michiie (= Kōmyōhōji-Kampaku) | Go-Horikawa | Shijō | 22.X.1233 | 25th | ||
| Myogi-monin | 明 義 門 院 | Teishi | Juntoku (1) | 19.IV.1243 | 27 | ||||
| Shiki (i) ken-monin | 右 ? 門 院 | Rishi | Go Takakura (1) | 8.XII.1239 | Shinshochi | 25.I.1251 | 55 | ||
| Sennin-monin | 仁 門 院 | Fujiwara Hiko-ko | Kūjo Norizane | 11.XI.1246 | Shōjō-a | 24.II.1262 | 36 | ||
| Ōgimachi-in | 上 親 院 | Kaku-shi | Tsuchimikado (1) | ? | Shinnyo-kaku (?) | 23.IX.1285 | 73 | ||
| Muromachi-in | 室町 院 | Kishi | Fujiwara Ieyuki | 17.IX.1246 | Myohō-kaku | 73 | |||
| Ōmiya-in | 大 宮 院 | Fujiwara Kitsushi (Kisshi, Yoshiko) | Fujiwara-Saionji Saneuji | Go saga | Go-Fusakawa , Kameyama | 24.III.1272 | Henchi-kaku | 68 | |
| Senka-monin | 仙 華 門 院 | Gishi | Tsuchimikado (2) | 5.X.1262 | 38 | ||||
| Eian-monin | 永安 門 院 | Shigeko | Juntoku (2) | 22.VII.1253 | Richi-kaku | 25.XII.1279 | 64 | ||
| Shinsen-monin | 神仙 門 院 | Taishi | Go-Hirakawa (2) | 19.I.1262 | Myochi-kakau | 71 | |||
| Higashi-Nijō-in | 東 二條 院 | Fujiwara Kimiko | Fujiwara Saneuji | Go-Fukakusa | 12.VII.1293 | Shogen | 73 | ||
| Kantoku-monin | 和 徳 門 院 | Gishi | Chūkyō | 14.I.1288 | Shinnyo-kaku | 56 | |||
| Kekka-monin | 月華 門 院 | Soshi | Go saga | 3.IV.1269 | 23 | ||||
| Imadegawa-in | 今 出 河 院 | Fujiwara Zenshi | Fujiwara-Saionji Kinsuke | Kameyama | 3.IX.1283 | Busshō-kaku | 25.V.1318 | 67 | |
| Kyōgoku-in | 京 極 院 | Fujiwara Kitsushi | Kameyama | 1.X.1272 | 28 | ||||
| Shin-Yōmei-monin | 新 陽明 門 院 | Fujiwara Ishi | Fujiwara Motohira (= Shinshinin-Kampaku) | Kameyama ( 妃 ) | Kaku-ryu | 26.II.1298 | 25th | ||
| Ensei-monin | 延 政 門 院 | Etsukoko | Go-Soga (2) | 23.IX.1285 | Henshū-kaku (previously: Shōjō-chi) | 7.III.1332 | 74 | ||
| Genki-monin | 玄 輝 門 院 | Fujiwara Inshi | Fujiwara Saneo | Go-Fukakusa ( 妃 ) | 18.IX.1291 | ishochi | 23.IX.1329 | 84 | |
| Gojō-in | 五條 院 | Ekishi | Go saga | 13.XII.1294 | 33 | ||||
| Yūgi-monin | 遊 義 門 院 | Reishi | Fukakusa (1) | Gouda cheese | 22.VIII.1307 | 38 | |||
| Eiyō-monin | 永陽 門 院 | Hisako | Go-Fukakusa (2) | Shinshōchi (previously: Shinnyo-chi) | 16.V.1346 | 74 | |||
| Shōkei-monin | 昭慶 門 院 | Kishi | Kameyama | 21.XII.1306 | Shōjōgen | 16.IV.1324 | 52 | ||
| Eifuku-monin | 永福 門 院 | Shōshi | Fujiwara Sanetane | Fushimi | 12.VII.1316 | Shinnyo-gen | 72 | ||
| Shōkun-monin | 昭 訓 門 院 | Eisi | Fujiwara Sanekane (2) | Kameyama ( 妃 ) | Shinsho-kaku | 27.VII.1334 | 33 | ||
| Eika-monin | 永嘉 門 院 | Mizuko | Nakatsukasa-kyō shinnō, adop .: Kameyama | Go-Uda ( 妃 ) | 29.VIII.1334 | Myōhō-chi | 23.IX.1329 | 58 | |
| Yōtoku-monin | 陽 徳 門 院 | Eishi (Ishi) | Go-Fukakusa (3) | 11.XII.1306 | Enkakuchi | 19.IX.1352 | 66? | ||
| Shogi-monin | 章 義 門 院 | Yoshi | Fushimi (2) | 4.IX.1313 | Gedatsu-shin | 13.XI.1336 | |||
| Seika-monin | 西 華 門 院 | Minamoto Motoko | Horikawa Tomori , adop .: Mototomo (Dajō-Daijin) | Go-Uda ( 妃 ) | Shōjōhō | 1.X.1355 | 86 | ||
| Kogi-monin | 廣義 門 院 | Fujiwara Neishi | Sabasuke Mitsuyasu, adop .: Fujiwara Kinhira | Go-Fuchimi | Kazuhito ( Kōgon ) | 7.IV.1336 | 1357 | 66? | |
| Shōzen-monin | 章 善 門 院 | Nagako | Go-Fukakusa (4) | 14.IX.1316 | Shinshō-jaku | 1338 | |||
| Sakuhei-monin | 朔 平 門 院 | Namako | Fushimi (1) | 24 | |||||
| Chōraku-monin | 長 楽 門 院 | Kinshi | Fujiwara Kintaka | Go-nijō | Shinjitsukaku | 16.II.1352 | |||
| Emmei-monin | 延 明 門 院 | Nobuko | Fushimi | 2.XI.1317 | Shinshō-e | 27 | |||
| Danten-monin | 談天 門 院 | Tadako | Fujiwara Tadatsugu | Go-Uda ( 妃 ) | Go-Daigo | Renge-chi | 27.XII.1319 | 52 | |
| Dat (su) chi-monin | 達 智 門 院 | Shōshi | Go-Uda (1) | Shinri-kaku | 23.XI.1348 | ||||
| Banshū-monin | 萬 秋 門 院 | Tamako | Ichijō Sanetsune (= Emmyō-ji Kampaku) | 16.IV.1338 | 71 | ||||
| Jusei-monin | 寿 成 門 院 | Benshi | Go-Nijo (1) | Shōjō-en | |||||
| Kenshin-monin | 顕 親 門 院 | Sueko | Fujiwara Saneo | Fushimi ( 後宮 ) | Hanazono | 14.X.1317 | Enjō-kaku | 25.III.1336 | 72 |
| Sūmei-monin | 崇明 門 院 | Baishi | Gouda cheese | Kuninaga shinnō | 1326 | ? | |||
| Go-Kyōgoku-in (posthumous; previously Reisei-monin) | 後 京 極 院 | Kishi | (Nyūdō Dajō-Daijin) Sanekane (3) | Go-Daigo ( 中 宮 ) | Kanshi (♀ = sensei-monin) | 19.XI.1333 | |||
| Sensei-monin | 宣 政 門 院 | Kanshi | Go Daigo (1) | 48 | |||||
| Shōtoku-monin | 章 徳 門 院 | Koshi | Go fushimi | ||||||
| Shin-muromachi-in | 新 室町 院 | Junshi | Go Fushimi (1) | 31.V.1338 | 27 | ||||
| Kian-monin | 徴 安門 院 | Jushi | Hanazono, adop .: Eiyō-monin | Kōgon ( 妃 ) | adop .: Go-Sūkō | 1356 | 41 | ||
| Senkō-monin | 宣 光 門 院 | Fujiwara Saneko | Fujiwara Saneaki | Hanazono (concubine) | (2 shinnō, 2 naishinnō) | 5.XII.1348 | Henshō-chi | 64 | |
| Shin-Taiken-monin | 新 待 賢 門 院 | Fujiwara Renshi | Fujiwara Kinkake, adop .: Fujiwara Kinkata | Go-Daigo ( 妃 ) | Tsunenaga-shinnō; Go-murakami ; Narinaga-shinnō; Shōshi (♀); Junshi (♀) | (after 1359) | |||
| Yōroku-monin (= Kōgon-in) | 陽 禄 門 院 | Fujiwara Hideko | Fujiwara (Ōgimachi) Kinhide (Dazai gon-no sotsu) | Sūkō; Go-Kōgon | 13.XII.1352 | 2.II.1353 | |||
| Persimmon | 嘉善 門 院 | Fujiwara Shōshi | Tsunetada, adop .: Nijō Moromoto | Go-Murakami | (after) 29.III.1368 | ||||
| Shin-Senyō-monin | 新 宣 陽 門 院 | Kenshi (?) | Go-murakami; (? Minamoto Akiko) | ||||||
| Sūken-monin | 崇賢 門 院 | (Iwashimizu-Hachimangu officer :) Michikiyo, adop .: Hirohashi Kanetsuna | Go-Kōgon ( 後宮 ) | Go-enyu ; (2 shinnō) | 1427 | 93 | |||
| Tsuyō-monin | 道 陽 門 院 | Fujiwara Takako | Go-Enyū ( 後宮 ) | Go-Komatsu | 56 | ||||
| Kitayama no in | 北山 院 | Fujiwara Yasuko | Fujiwara Sukeyasu | Asikaga Yoshimitsu | 1419 | 52 | |||
| Kōhan-monin | 光 範 門 院 | Fujiwara Sukeko | Hino Sukekuni | Go-Komatsu ( 後宮 ) | Shoko | 57 | |||
| Fusei-monin | 敷 政 門 院 | Minamoto Yukiko | Niwata (Minamoto) Tsuneari | Go-Suko-in ( 後宮 ) | Go-Hanazono | 15.V.1448 | |||
| Karaku-monin | 嘉 楽 門 院 | Fujiwara Nobuko | Fujiwara Takanaga | Go-Hanazono ( 後宮 ) | Go-Tsuchimikado | 1471 | 7.VI.1489 | 78 | |
| Buraku-monin | 豐 楽 門 院 | Fujiwara Toshi | Kanjuji (Fujiwara) Norihide | Go-Kashiwabara ( 後宮 ) | Go-Nara | 1535 | |||
| Kittoku-monin | 吉 徳 門 院 | Fujiwara Eiko | Madenokoji Katafusa | Go-Nara ( 妃 ) | Ōgimachi | 1522 | |||
| Shin-Jōtō-monin | 新 上 東門 院 | Fujiwara Seishi | Kanjuji (Fujiwara) Seiyū | Yōkō-in | Go-yōzei ; (4 shinnō) | 76 | |||
| Chūwa-monin | 中 和 門 院 | Konoe Sakiko | Konoe Sakihisa | Go-Yōzei ( 女 御 ) | Go-minoo ; (3 shinnō) | 56 | |||
| Tofuku-monin | 東 福 門 院 | Minamoto (Tokugawa) Kazuko | Tokugawa Hidetada | Go-Minoo ( 中 宮 ) | Myōshō (= Meishō ; ♀); (+2 shinnō, 4 daughters) | 1672 | 64 | ||
| Mibu-in | 壬 生 院 | Fujiwara (Sono) Kōshi | Sono Moto-tō | Go-Minoo ( 後宮 ) | Go-Kōmyō | 1652 | 55 | ||
| Shin-Kōgi-monin (posthumous) | 新 廣義 門 院 | Fujiwara (Sono) Kishi | Sono Moto-ne | Go-Minoo ( 後宮 ) | Round dance | 1677 | 54 | ||
| Hōshun-monin (posthumous) | 逢春 門 院 | Fujiwara (Kushizu) Ryūshi | Kushizu Takamaru | Go-Minoo ( 後宮 ) | Go-saiin ; (among others) | 1685 | 82 | ||
| Shin-Jōsai-monin | 新 上 西門 院 | Fujiwara Fusako | Takatsukasa Norihira | Round dance ( 中 宮 ) | 1712 | ||||
| Shōshū-monin | 承 秋 門 院 | Yukiko Nyo-ō | Arisugawa mo miya Yukihito | Higashiyama ( 中 宮 ) | 1709 (?) | Monin | 41 | ||
| Shin-Sūken-monin (posthumous) | 新 崇賢 門 院 | Fujiwara Gashi | Kushizu Takayoshi | Higashiyama ( 典 侍 ) | Nakamikado ; (4 shinnō, 1 naishinnō) | 35 | |||
| Keihō-monin | 敬 法門 院 | Fujiwara Muneko | Matsuki Muneeda | Dance ( 後宮 ) | Higashiyama (= Asahito-shinnō) | 1732 | 76 | ||
| Shin-Chūwa-monin (on the day of death) | 新 中 和 門 院 | Fujiwara Hisako | Konoe Iehiro | Nakamikado ( 女 御 ) | Sakuramachi | 21st | |||
| Reisei-monin | 禮 成 門 院 | Kushi | Go-Kōmyō | 2.VIII.1725 | 76 | ||||
| Seiki-monin | 青 綺 門 院 | Nijō Ieko | Nijō Yoshitada | Sakuramachi ( 後宮 ) | Go-sakuramachi ; (Foster mother :) Momozono | 75 | |||
| Kaimei-monin | 開明 門 院 | Fujiwara Sadako | Ananokōji Saanetaki | Sakuramachi ( 後宮 ) | Momozono | 25.III.1782 | Tetsugaku | 1789 | |
| Kyōrei-monin | 恭 禮 門 院 | Fujiwara Tomiko | Ichijō Kaneka | Momozono ( 女 御 ) | 1795 | 53 | |||
| Seika-monin | 盛 化 門 院 | Fujiwara Koreko | Konoe Uchisaki | Go-Momozono ( 女 御 ) | Yoshiko; (Foster mother) Kōkaku | 28.X.1783 | 28.X.1783 | ||
| Shin-Kōka-monin (posthumous) | 新 皇 嘉 門 院 | Fujiwara Tsunako | Takatsukasa Masahiro , adop .: Toyooka Hirasuke | Ninkō ( 女 御 ) | Yasuhito | 13.VII.1823 | 29 | ||
| Shin-seiwa-monin | 新 清和 門 院 | Yoshiko | Go-momozono | Kōkaku ( 中 宮 ) | adop .: Ayahito (= Ninkō ) | 1841 (? 1840) | 1846 | 68 | |
| Higashi-Kyōgoku-in (posthumous) | 東京 極 院 | Fujiwara Tadako | Kanjuji Tsunenari | Kōkaku ( 後宮 ) | Ninko | 1843 | 64 | ||
| Shin-Sakuhei-monin (on the day of death) | 新 朔 平 門 院 | Fujiwara Yasuko | Takatsukasa Masahiro | Ninkō ( 女 御 ) | 37 | ||||
| Shin-Taiken-monin | 新 待 賢 門 院 | Fujiwara Masako | Ōgimachi Sanemitsu | Ninkō ( 後宮 ) | Kōmei ; (2 shinnō) | 1857 | 54 |
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- Bohner, Hermann ; Nyōin Shōden; in: Kluge, IL (ed.); East Asian Studies; Berlin 1959 (German Academy of Sciences), pp. 18–52; (Until Yōroku-monin translation of the original text - completed around 1350 - giving.)
- Orig. In: Shinkō Gunsho ruijū ; Tokyo 1930; Vol. 3.