Ano Renshi

Ano Renshi (1301–1359) was a court lady and favoured consort of Emperor Go-Daigo, a daughter of the court noble Ano no Kinkado. She entered court service in 1319 and bore Go-Daigo Princes Tsuneyoshi, Nariyoshi and Noriyoshi, the future Emperor Go-Murakami.

Promoted to junior third rank in 1331, she followed the emperor into exile on Oki after the Genkō War and later went with him to Yoshino. As Go-Murakami's mother she became Southern Court empress dowager, received the ingō Shintaikemon-in in 1351, took Buddhist vows in 1357 and died at Kanshin-ji in Kawachi in 1359.