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Empress Genmei (元明天皇,
Genmei-tennō,
April 20, 660 –
December 29, 721), also
known as
Empress Genmyō, was the 43rd
monarch of ****an,
according to the traditional...
- predecessor. The four
female monarchs before Genshō were Suiko, Kōgyoku, Jitō and
Genmei; the
three reigning after her were Kōken, Meishō, and Go-Sakuramachi. Before...
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preface to have been
composed by Ō no
Yasumaro at the
request of
Empress Genmei in the
early 8th
century (711–712), and thus is
usually considered to be...
- regnant. The six who
reigned before her were Suiko, Kōgyoku/Saimei, Jitō,
Genmei, Genshō, and Kōken/Shōtoku. Her sole
female successor was Go-Sakuramachi...
- and Kōgyoku/Saimei. The five
women sovereigns reigning after Jitō were
Genmei, Genshō, Kōken/Shōtoku, Meishō, and Go-Sakuramachi.
Empress Jitō was the...
- Kōgyoku (Empress Saimei), and his
children included Empress Jitō,
Empress Genmei, and
Emperor Kōbun. In 645,
Tenji and
Fujiwara no
Kamatari defeated Soga...
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would later accede to the
throne herself, and she
would be
known as
Empress Genmei. Karu-shinnō was only six
years old when his father,
Crown Prince Kusakabe...
- jidai) of the
history of ****an
covers the
years from 710 to 794.
Empress Genmei established the
capital of Heijō-kyō (present-day Nara).
Except for a five-year...
- The five
female monarchs before her were Suiko, Kōgyoku/Saimei, Jitō,
Genmei and Genshō, and the two
women sovereigns reigning after Kōken/Shōtoku were...
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succession tradition must be
maintained in the 21st century.
Though Empress Genmei was
followed on the
throne by her daughter,
Empress Genshō, Genshō's father...
