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Fujiwara no Ikushi

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Fujiwara no Ikushi
藤原育子
Empress consort of Japan
TenureMarch 6, 1162 – September 23, 1173
Born1146
DiedSeptember 23, 1173(1173-09-23) (aged 26–27)
SpouseEmperor Nijō
HouseImperial House of Japan
FatherTokudaiji Saneyoshi
MotherMinamoto no Toshiko (源俊子)

Fujiwara no Ikushi (藤原 育子; 1146 – September 23, 1173) was an empress consort of Japan. She was the consort of Emperor Nijō of Japan and foster mother of Emperor Rokujō.

In the same year of Emperor Rokujō's abdication, Fujiwara took tonsure as a Buddhist nun.

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Japanese royalty
Preceded by Empress consort of Japan
1162–1173
Succeeded by
Legendary
Yamato
Nara
Heian
Kamakura
Northern Court
Muromachi
Azuchi-Momoyama
Edo
Empire of Japan
State of Japan

Unless otherwise noted (as BC), years are in CE / AD  1 individuals that were given the title of empress posthumously 2 individuals elevated to the rank of empress due to their position as honorary mother of the emperor 3 Shōshi served briefly as honorary empress for her younger brother Emperor Go-Daigo