Prince Shōtoku (聖徳太子, Shōtoku Taishi, February 7, 574 – April 8, 622), also known as Prince Umayado (厩戸皇子, Umayado no ōjî, Umayado no miko) or Prince...

AD). A later embellished account in Shōtoku Taishi Denryaku [ja] involving Prince Shōtoku claims that the Prince Regent knew the term ningyo, though this...

figurehead for Umako and Prince Regent Shōtoku Taishi (574–622). However she wielded power in her own right, and the role of Shōtoku Taishi is often exaggerated...

serving as both a seminary and monastery. The temple was founded by Prince Shōtoku in 607, but according to the Nihon Shoki, in 670 all buildings were...

Shōtoku may refer to: Prince Shōtoku (574-622), a politician of the Asuka period Empress Kōken, or Empress Shōtoku (718-770), the 48th imperial ruler of...

of Prince Shōtoku and had the support of some lesser members of the Soga clan. After a brief struggle within the Soga clan in which one of Prince Yamashiro's...

and controlled Japan from behind the scenes for nearly sixty years. Prince Shōtoku, an advocate of Buddhism and of the Soga cause, who was of partial Soga...

Buddhism, Prince Shōtoku led a massive national project to promote Buddhism and he commissioned the construction of Shitennō-ji. Prince Shōtoku invited...

Prince Shōtoku of the Soga clan rules Japan and promotes Buddhism 600: Prince Shōtoku sends the first official Japanese mission to China 604: Prince Shōtoku...

Second Son: Prince Umayado (厩戸皇子), later Prince Shōtoku, regent to Empress Suiko Fourth Son: Prince Kume (来目皇子, d.603) Fifth Son: Prince Eguri (殖栗皇子)...