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 Kamitsumiya...

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...

The reigning emperor was Nakamikado (中御門天皇). 1711 Shōtoku gannen (正徳元年): The era name of Shōtoku (meaning "Righteous Virtue") was created to mark the...

Kōken (孝謙天皇, Kōken-tennō, 718 – August 28, 770), known as Empress Shōtoku (称徳天皇, Shōtoku-tennō) after her second accession to the throne, was the 46th (with...

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...

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

shoki (720 AD). A later embellished account in Shōtoku Taishi Denryaku [ja] involving Prince Shōtoku claims that the Prince Regent knew the term ningyo...

Gifu Shotoku Gakuen University (岐阜聖徳学園大学, Gifu Shōtoku Gakuen Daigaku) is a private university in the city of Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Named after...

been referred to as (ヤマト大王/大君) or the "Great Queen of Yamato". Prince Shōtoku was appointed regent the following year. Although political power during...

7th-century Prince Shōtoku[citation needed], the college opened in April 1966 for women. It became coeducational in 1998. Gifu Shotoku Gakuen University...

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 burned...

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

area, there was little commercial activity, and in the provinces the old Shōtoku land reform systems declined. By the mid-eighth century, shōen (landed...

Sites of Prince Shōtoku (聖徳太子御遺跡霊場, Shōtoku taishi goiseki reijō) are a group of 28 Buddhist temples in Japan related to the life of Prince Shōtoku....

Moriya) battled unsuccessfully against the pro-Buddhist forces of Prince Shōtoku and Soga Umako no Sukune. The opposition to Buddhism was entirely destroyed...

Shōtoku Taishi ended, the Soga clan, from which Shōtoku's ancestry was derived, took hegemony of the Yamato court. The clan was opposed to Shōtoku's son...

Nonetheless, Japan still remained very isolated.[citation needed] In Shōtoku 6, on the 30th day of the 4th month (1716), Shogun Ietsugu died of complications...

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...

Japanese monk who rose to power through the favor of Empress Kōken (Empress Shōtoku) and became a Daijō-daijin Zenji, the rank set up for him, and later became...

Buddhism was promoted by the ruling class, including figures like Prince Shōtoku, and gained widespread acceptance beginning in the Asuka period (592–710)...

at Hiyoshi Taisha was renamed as Jugeguu. Jūzenji and Shōtoku Taishi share similarities. Shōtoku is often shown as a child. He represents the bodhisattva...

according to one theory, it was the assassination by the order of Emperor Shōtoku. The site of Junnin's actual grave is unknown, and he is traditionally...

member of the Soga clan who gave birth to four sons, including Prince Shōtoku. The Soga–Mononobe conflict resurfaced during the succession crisis following...

Jōgū Shōtoku Hōō Teisetsu (上宮聖徳法王帝説), also read as Jōgū Shōtoku Hōō Taisetsu, is a biography of Shōtoku Taishi. It is one scroll in length and is a National...

powerful Soga clan of Japan. Umako conducted political reforms with Prince Shōtoku during the rules of Emperor Bidatsu and Empress Suiko and established the...

Japan's Seventeen-article constitution written in 604, reportedly by Prince Shōtoku, is an early example of a constitution in Asian political history. Influenced...

survived past the 16th century. Spying in Japan dates as far back as Prince Shōtoku (572–622). According to Shōninki, the first open usage of ninjutsu during...

written by Shōtoku Taishi. He heard the news that Shōtoku Taishi died on February 22, 622. He grieved very much and took an oath of meeting Shōtoku Taishi...

official recognition from China. Suiko appoints her 21-year-old nephew Shōtoku as regent, with strongman Umako Soga. He holds shared power for nearly...

empress Kōken reassumes the imperial throne of Japan, and takes the name Shōtoku. She appoints her close associate, the priest Dōkyō, prime minister (taishi)...