Empress Genmei (元明天皇, Genmei-tennō, April 20, 660 – December 29, 721), also known as Empress Genmyō, was the 43rd monarch of Japan, according to the traditional...

male-only succession tradition must be maintained in the 21st century. Empress Gemmei, who was followed on the throne by her daughter, Empress Gensho, remains...

Genshō Gemmei had initially planned to remain on the throne until her grandson might reach maturity. However, after reigning for 8 years, Gemmei abdicated...

in Wadō 8 on the 3rd day of the 9th month of 715. 715 (Reiki 1): Empress Gemmei abdicates; and her daughter receives the succession (senso). Shortly thereafter...

child at the time of his father's death; thus, his grandmother, Empress Gemmei, and aunt, Empress Gensho, occupied the throne before he acceded. 724 (Yōrō...

such as Empress Genshō (680–748), who succeeded her mother the Empress Gemmei (661–721) on the throne (but only because she was a Princess of the Imperial...

135.8073139°E / 34.4606222; 135.8073139 (Emperor Mommu) — 43 Empress Gemmei December 29, 721 nahoyama no higashi no misasagi (奈保山東陵) 山形 Narazaka-chō...

historians to have existed before the Kojiki and Nihongi. Under Empress Gemmei's rule, Hideya no Are's memory of the history of the Japanese archipelago...

courtesan, Hieda no Are, and written down at the request of an Empress, Gemmei. In the earliest records of Shinto, from the 2nd to 7th centuries, women...

A sample of the newly discovered copper from Musashi was presented in Gemmei's court where it was formally acknowledged as Japanese copper. 708 (Wadō...

the mother of the heir formally accedes to the throne (sokui) as Empress Gemmei until her son would grow mature enough to accept senso and sokui. 18 July...