Saionji Saneuji

Japanese poet and nobleman (1194–1269)

Saionji Saneuji (西園寺実氏 1194 – 7 July 1269) was a waka poet and Japanese nobleman active in the early Kamakura period.^[1] He is designated as a member of the New Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry (新三十六歌仙, Shinsanjūrokkasen).

Family

Parents

Father: Saionji Kintsune (西園寺公経, 1171 – 24 October 1244)
Mother: Ichijō Masako (一条全子), daughter of Ichijō Yoshiyasu (一条能保)

Consorts and issues:

Wife: Shijo Sadako (四条貞子, 1196 – 22 October 1302) daughter of Shijo Takahira (四条隆衡)
- Saionji Kisshi (西園寺姞子; 1225 – 20 October 1292), Consort of Emperor Go-Saga, first daughter
- Fujiwara no Kimiko (藤原（西園寺）公子; 1232 – 6 March 1304), Consort of Emperor Go-Fukakusa, second daughter
Concubine: Fujiwara Sachiko (藤原幸子), daughter of Fujiwara Chika (藤原親雅)
- Saionji Kinmoto (西園寺公基, 1220 – 12 January 1275), first son
Concubine: Court Lady (家女房)
- Saionji Kinsuke (西園寺公相, 1223 – 30 October 1267), second son
Concubine: Unknown Concubine
- Dōshō (道勝, d. 1273), third son
- Dōya (道耀, 1234 – 1304), fourth son
- Mamorusuke (守助, 1241 – 1295, fifth son
- Saionji Norikō (西園寺教子), third daughter

References

^ Groemer, Gerald (28 February 2023). A Year in Seventeenth-Century Kyoto: Edo-Period Writings on Annual Ceremonies, Festivals, and Customs. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-9465-8.