− | Rishû joô, or Queen Rishû, was the fourth daughter of [[Emperor Nakamikado]]. | + | Rishû Joô, or Princess Rishû, was the fourth daughter of [[Emperor Nakamikado]]. |
| She entered the temple of [[Hokyo-ji|Hôkyô-ji]]<!--宝鏡寺--> in [[1731]]/8, at the age of six, and served initially as meals-announcer (喝食), a typical honorary role within a [[Zen]] temple. She formally took the tonsure two years later, in [[1733]]/9, as a nun associated with both Hôkyô-ji and [[Daiji-ji]], which were under the same chief priest (or abbot). In [[1740]]/3, she received permission from the emperor to wear purple robes (the robes of a high priest), and became head of [[Keiai-ji]], the chief of the [[Five Nunneries]] (''ama-gozan'') of [[Kyoto]]. | | She entered the temple of [[Hokyo-ji|Hôkyô-ji]]<!--宝鏡寺--> in [[1731]]/8, at the age of six, and served initially as meals-announcer (喝食), a typical honorary role within a [[Zen]] temple. She formally took the tonsure two years later, in [[1733]]/9, as a nun associated with both Hôkyô-ji and [[Daiji-ji]], which were under the same chief priest (or abbot). In [[1740]]/3, she received permission from the emperor to wear purple robes (the robes of a high priest), and became head of [[Keiai-ji]], the chief of the [[Five Nunneries]] (''ama-gozan'') of [[Kyoto]]. |