Fujiwara no Izuko

Mon of the Fujiwara Clan.

Fujiwara no Izuko

Fujiwara no Izuko was a member of the Fujiwara Clan. A daughter to Fujiwara no Kintada she lived from 1351-1406AD marrying Emperor Go-En’yu. Together they had a child who would become Emperor Go-Komatsu. In 1386 she became a nun and took the name of Tsuyō Mon’in.1

Footnotes

1. Louis Frederic, translated by Kathe Roth (2002) “Japan Encyclopedia”. London: Harvard University Press.

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Fujiwara no Izuko