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*''Japanese'': 理秀女王 ''(Rishuu joou)''

*''Japanese'': 理秀女王 ''(Rishuu joou)''

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]].