Empress Kōgyoku (皇極天皇, Kōgyoku-tennō, 594–661), also known as Empress Saimei (斉明天皇, Saimei-tennō), was the 35th and 37th monarch of Japan, according to...
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memorials from the Three Kingdoms of Korea were being read to Empress Kōgyoku by Ishikawa no Maro. Prince Naka no Ōe had made elaborate preparations...
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Izuki Kogyoku (Japanese: 紅玉いづき, Kōgyoku Izuki, born 1984) is a Japanese author. Kogyoku was born in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture. Due to enjoying the...
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Hashihito), the daughter of Emperor Jomei and his sister Empress Kōgyoku. In the 3rd year of Kōgyoku-tennō's reign (皇極天皇三年), the empress abdicated; and the succession...
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After Jomei's death, the throne was passed to his wife and niece, Empress Kōgyoku, and then to her younger brother, Emperor Kōtoku, before eventually being...
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communications. Still going back 1,000 years and more in history, Empress Kōgyoku (皇極天皇, Kōgyoku-tennō, 594–661) of Japan and predecessors are said to have had the...
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Shōtoku's son Yamashiro Ōe and killed him in 643. Under the reign of Empress Kōgyoku the Soga clan head, Soga no Iruka, was virtually an almighty leader of...
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of empress regnant. The three female monarchs before Genmei were Suiko, Kōgyoku/Saimei, and Jitō. The four women sovereigns reigning after Genmei were...
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who reigned from 668 to 671. He was the son of Emperor Jomei and Empress Kōgyoku (Empress Saimei), and his children included Empress Jitō, Empress Genmei...
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Suiko ruled until her death. Empress Kōgyoku Kōgyoku reigned a second time as Saimei. After taking the throne, Kōgyoku was soon forced off due to the Isshi...
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