Fujiwara no Ryoshi

[citation needed] In Enryaku 4 (785) she was given the Junior Third Rank.

[1] In the first month of the following year, she bore Emperor Kanmu the prince, Prince Ōtomo (大伴親王 Ōtomo-shinnō, later to ascend to the throne as Emperor Junna)[1] and became Emperor Kanmu's consort (夫人 bunin).

[1] She died in 788,[1] at the age of 30 (by Japanese reckoning),[1] and was posthumously granted the Senior First Rank[1] and the title of empress (妃 kisaki).

[1] Subsequently, in Kōnin 14 (823) with the accession of her son, she was granted the title of Grand Empress (皇太后 kōtaigō).

[1] Unless otherwise noted (as BC), years are in CE / AD 1 individuals that were given the title of empress dowager posthumously 2 title removed in 896 due to a suspected affair with head priest of the Toko-ji Temple; title posthumously restored in 943 3 was made High Empress or de jure empress dowager during her husband's reign