Background
Shōshi no Fujiwara was born in 988. She was the daughter of Fujiwara no Michinaga.
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Shōshi no Fujiwara was born in 988. She was the daughter of Fujiwara no Michinaga.
When Shōshi no Fujiwara got married, Emperor Ichijo already had an empress, Fujiwara no Teishi, but so great was Michinaga’s power that he was able to induce the emperor to depart from custom and name a second empress. In 1026 Empress Fujiwara no Shoshi was honored with the title Jotomon-in.
In 999 she married Emperor Ichijo and the following year she was named kogo, empress. Shoshi bore two sons, who in time became Emperor Goichijo and Emperor Gosuzaku.