Saigū no Nyōgo

{{Short description|Japanese poet (929–985)}}

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Princess Kishi (929–985, 徽子女王, also Yoshiko Joō 承香殿女御 Jokyōden Joō or 斎宮女御 Saigū no Nyōgo) was a Japanese Waka poet of the middle Heian period.{{Cite news|last=Larking|first=Matthew|date=29 October 2019|title=The scrolls that keep immortal poets truly alive|work=The Japan Times|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2019/10/29/arts/scrolls-keep-immortal-poets-truly-alive/|access-date=4 August 2020}} She is one of only five women numbered as one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals.{{Cite journal|last=Bundy|first=Rosalee|date=2012|title=Men and Women at Play: The Male-Female Poetry Contests of Emperor Murakami's Court|journal=Japanese Language and Literature|volume=46|issue=2|pages=221–260}} As her name implies, she was a princess of the Imperial Family of Japan. She was one of Emperor Murakami's consorts, and gave birth to one daughter, Imperial Princess Kishi, and a son. Through her father, Imperial Prince Shigeakira, she was the granddaughter of Emperor Daigo. Prior to becoming a consort she served as Ise Priestess, chief priestess of the Ise Shrine.{{Cite web|title=Queen Kishi|url=https://japanese-wiki-corpus.github.io/literature/Queen%20Kishi.html|access-date=4 August 2020}}

Many of her poems are included in the third Japanese imperial poetry anthology, Shūi Wakashū, issued in 1006.