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{{Expand Japanese|topic=bio|藤原こう子|date=November 2011}}
{{Infobox royalty
|name            = Fujiwara no Koshi<br/>{{lang|ja|藤原媓子}}
|succession      = [[Japanese empresses|Empress consort of Japan]]
|reign           = August 1, 973 – June 29, 979
|consort         = yes
|spouse          = [[Emperor En'yū]]
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|royal house     = [[Imperial House of Japan]] 
|father          = [[Fujiwara no Kanemichi]]
|mother          = 
|birth_date      = 947
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|death_date      = {{death date and age|979|6|29|947}}
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{{Nihongo|'''Fujiwara no Koshi'''|藤原 媓子||947 – June 29, 979}} was an [[empress consort of Japan]]. She was the consort of [[Emperor En'yū]] of Japan.

== Biography ==
She was the daughter of regent [[Fujiwara no Kanemichi]].  She was placed in the Imperial harem to benefit her father in his rivalry with his brother [[Fujiwara no Kaneie]] by giving birth to an heir.<ref>Paul Groner, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=B1eVBPvvFMgC&dq=Fujiwara+no+Koshi++En%27y%C5%AB&pg=PA223 Ryåogen and Mount Hiei[: Japanese Tendai in the Tenth Century]''</ref>  She did not give birth to a Crown Prince and was replaced as an Empress by the daughter of her father's cousin and designated successor as regent, [[Fujiwara no Yoritada]].<ref>Paul Groner, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=B1eVBPvvFMgC&dq=Fujiwara+no+Koshi++En%27y%C5%AB&pg=PA223 Ryåogen and Mount Hiei[: Japanese Tendai in the Tenth Century]''</ref>

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{{succession box | before= [[Princess Masako (Reizei)|Princess Masako]] | title=[[Japanese empresses|Empress consort of Japan]] | after=[[Fujiwara no Junshi]] | years=973–979}}
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[[Category:Fujiwara clan]]
[[Category:Japanese empresses consort]]
[[Category:947 births]]
[[Category:979 deaths]]


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