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'''Empress Kōgyoku''' (皇極天皇 ''Kōgyoku Tennō''), also '''Empress Saimei''' (斉明天皇 ''Saimei Tennō'') ([[594]]–[[661]]) was the 35th [[Emperors of Japan|imperial ruler]] of [[Japan]], according to the traditional order of succession. From [[642]] she ruled as '''Kōgyoku''', but abdicated after the assassination of [[Soga no Iruka]] and gave up the throne to her brother [[Emperor Kotoku|Emperor Kōtoku]] in [[645]]. After Kōtoku died in [[655]], she reascended the throne as '''Empress Saimei''', and ruled under that name until her death. She was a great-granddaughter of [[Emperor Bidatsu]]. Her birth name was '''Princess Takara.''' |
'''Empress Kōgyoku''' (皇極天皇 ''Kōgyoku Tennō''), also '''Empress Saimei''' (斉明天皇 ''Saimei Tennō'') ([[594]]–[[661]]) was the 35th [[Emperors of Japan|imperial ruler]] of [[Japan]], according to the traditional order of succession. From [[642]] she ruled as '''Kōgyoku''', but abdicated after the assassination of [[Soga no Iruka]] and gave up the throne to her brother [[Emperor Kotoku|Emperor Kōtoku]] in [[645]]. After Kōtoku died in [[655]], she reascended the throne as '''Empress Saimei''', and ruled under that name until her death. She was a great-granddaughter of [[Emperor Bidatsu]]. Her birth name was '''Princess Takara.''' |
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She was the wife and Empress Consort of [[Emperor Jomei]]. They had three children: Prince Naka no Ōe ([[ |
She was the wife and Empress Consort of [[Emperor Jomei]]. They had three children: Prince Naka no Ōe ([[Emperor Tenji]]), Prince Ōama ([[Emperor Temmu]]), and Princess Hashihito. |
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During her first reign the [[Soga clan]] seized power. Her son Naka no Ōe planned a coup d'etat and slew [[Soga no Iruka]] at the court in front of her throne. The Empress, shocked by this incident, abdicated the throne. |
During her first reign the [[Soga clan]] seized power. Her son Naka no Ōe planned a coup d'etat and slew [[Soga no Iruka]] at the court in front of her throne. The Empress, shocked by this incident, abdicated the throne. |
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Revision as of 03:28, 23 August 2005
Empress Kōgyoku (皇極天皇 Kōgyoku Tennō), also Empress Saimei (斉明天皇 Saimei Tennō) (594–661) was the 35th imperial ruler of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. From 642 she ruled as Kōgyoku, but abdicated after the assassination of Soga no Iruka and gave up the throne to her brother Emperor Kōtoku in 645. After Kōtoku died in 655, she reascended the throne as Empress Saimei, and ruled under that name until her death. She was a great-granddaughter of Emperor Bidatsu. Her birth name was Princess Takara.
She was the wife and Empress Consort of Emperor Jomei. They had three children: Prince Naka no Ōe (Emperor Tenji), Prince Ōama (Emperor Temmu), and Princess Hashihito.
During her first reign the Soga clan seized power. Her son Naka no Ōe planned a coup d'etat and slew Soga no Iruka at the court in front of her throne. The Empress, shocked by this incident, abdicated the throne.
After Emperor Kōtoku died, though Naka no Ōe was the crown prince, he had his mother reascend the throne, and remained as the crown prince under his mother. He, and not his mother, however, led the politics of Japan. In the fifth year of her second reign, Paekche in Korea was destroyed in 660. Japan assisted Paekche loyals to the attempt of retrieving former Paekche territory. Early in 661, Saimei started from the capital in Yamato province in Honshu with both an army and a navy and crossed the Inland Sea of Japan from east to west. The empress stayed in Ishiyu Temporary Palace in Iyo province, today Dōgo spa. In May she arrived at Asakura Palace in the north part of Tsukushi province in Kyushu, today a part of Fukuoka prefecture. The allied army of Japan and Paekche was prepared the war against Silla but on July 24 (Japanese calendar), 661 she died in the Asakura Palace before the army departed to Korea. In October her body was brought from Kyushu by sea to Port Naniwa-zu (today Osaka city). Her funeral ceremony was held in early November.
After her death, her son Naka no Ōe ascended to the throne in 663, after the battle against Silla and the Sui Dynasty.