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...

Kusakabe and his wife who later became Empress Genmei. Therefore, she was a granddaughter of Emperor Tenmu and Empress Jitō by her father and a granddaughter...

Empress Genmei (also Empress Genmyō; 元明天皇 Genmei Tennō) was the 43rd imperial ruler of Japan ruling 707–715 (died December 7, 721). She was Empress Jitō's...

recognized as Japanese emperors posthumously. Emperor of Japan Empress of Japan List of empresses consort of Japan Sesshō and Kampaku Shogun List of shoguns...

must be maintained in the 21st century. Empress Genmei, who was followed on the throne by her daughter, Empress Genshō, remains the sole exception to this...

names of two previous empresses, Empress Genmei (707–715) and her daughter Empress Genshō (715–724). Okiko-naishinnō became empress following the abdication...

of empress regnant. The two female monarchs before Jitō were Suiko and Kōgyoku/Saimei. The five women sovereigns reigning after Jitō were Genmei, Genshō...

tradition occurred when Empress Genmei was followed on the throne by her daughter, Empress Genshō. The other five women to rule as empress with male heirs include:...

its 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...

Nara jidai) of the history of Japan covers the years from 710 to 794. Empress Genmei established the capital of Heijō-kyō (present-day Nara). Except for...

was the son of Emperor Jomei and Empress Kōgyoku (Empress Saimei), and his children included Empress Jitō, Empress Genmei, and Emperor Kōbun. In 645, Tenji...

"Tachibana Sukune" by Empress Genmei. In 721 she became a Buddhist nun for a brief period to pray for the health of Empress Genmei. Her first husband was...

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...

The name of Tachibana was bestowed on Agata-no-Inukai no Michiyo by Empress Genmei in 708. She was the wife of Prince Minu, a descendant of Emperor Bidatsu...

Suiko-tennō. The six female sovereigns reigning after Kōgyoku/Saimei were Jitō, Genmei, Genshō, Kōken/Shōtoku, Meishō, and Go-Sakuramachi. Before her ascension...

be maintained in the 21st century. Though Empress Genmei was followed on the throne by her daughter, Empress Genshō, Genshō's father, Prince Kusakabe,...

must be maintained in the 21st century. Empress Genmei, who was followed on the throne by her daughter, Empress Genshō, remains the sole exception to this...

assistance of Hieda no Are, the Kojiki, the oldest extant Japanese history. Empress Genmei (r. 707-721) charged Yasumaro with the duty of writing the Kojiki in...

occasion of the enthronement ceremonies commencing in 707 in the reign of Empress Genmei. The present throne was modeled on the original design, constructed...

daughter of Emperor Tenji and Empress Genmei's sister). He married Princess Kibi (his cousin, a daughter of Empress Genmei and Empress Genshō's sister). He was...

October 686) Mother: Empress Jitō (持統天皇, 645 – 13 January 703), Emperor Tenji’s daughter Wife: Princess Abe/Ahe (阿閇皇女) later Empress Genmei, Emperor Tenji's...

wife of Jitō's son Kusakabe and Jitō's half-sister. After Genmei's son died, Genmei became empress. After copper was found nere the capital, a new era in...

army under Muhammad ibn al-Qasim invades Sindh in northern India. 710: Empress Genmei moves the capital to Heijō-kyū (present day Nara), initiating the Nara...

Nara period Heijō-kyō (Heijō Palace), 710–740 in the reigns of Empress Genmei, Empress Genshō, and Emperor Shōmu Kuni-kyō (Kuni Palace), 740–744 in the...

January 708 through September 715. The reigning monarch was Empress Genmei (元明天皇, Genmei-tennō). 708 Wadō gannen (和銅元年): The new era name Wadō (meaning...

places in the city of Nara (cf. Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara). Empress Genmei ordered the Imperial capital moved from Fujiwara-kyō to Heijō-kyō in...

been celebrated in Japan since at least 714 CE, during the reign of Empress Genmei when a young prince donned new robes and a hairstyle to mark his passage...

as royal estates. July 18, 707 (Keiun 4, 15th day of the 6th month): Empress Genmei is enthroned at the age of 48. 707 (Keiun 4): Copper was reported to...

making another of his daughters, Kōmyōshi, the empress consort of Emperor Shōmu. She was the first empress consort of Japan who was not a daughter of the...

sixth century AD or with the establishment of the capital in Nara by Empress Genmei in 710. Instead, family tombs were constructed with passages that allow...