Empress Shōken was a descendant of the Fujiwara clan and through Hosokawa Gracia of the Minamoto clan.
Fujiwara no Teika | Fujiwara clan | Fujiwara no Kanesuke | Rika Fujiwara | Northern Fujiwara | Fujiwara no Takamitsu | Fujiwara no Shunzei | Fujiwara no Nagayoshi | Fujiwara no Hidehira | ''Tosa Nikki'' faithfully copied by Fujiwara no Teika | Tokuro Fujiwara | Prince Godefroid Kamatari | ''Portrait of Yoritomo'', copy of the 1179 original hanging scroll, attributed to Fujiwara Takanobu | Norika Fujiwara | Masahiko Fujiwara | Kamui Fujiwara | Hiroshi Fujiwara | Fujiwara Takanobu | Fujiwara no Tadazane | Fujiwara no Sumitomo | Fujiwara no Kamatari |
Her mother was Lady Higami (氷上娘), whose father was Fujiwara no Kamatari, who co-worked with Emperor Tenji when they slew Soga no Iruka in the Taika Reform in 645.