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Genmei
Sign in to saveAlso known as Empress Gemmei, Empress Genmei, Gemmei-tennō, Gemmei, Genmei and Gensioo
Empress regnant of Japan
Key facts
- Reign
- August 18, 707 – October 3, 715
- Predecessor
- Monmu
- Successor
- Genshō
- Born
- Ahe ( 阿閇 or 阿部 ) , April 20, 660
- Died
- December 29, 721 (721-12-29) (aged 61) , Nara , Japan
- Burial
- Nahoyama no higashi no misasagi (奈保山東陵) (Nara)
- Spouse
- Prince Kusakabe
- Issue
- Emperor Monmu Empress Genshō Princess Kibi
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Place of death
- Nara
- Spouse
- Prince Kusakabe
- Father
- Tenji
- Sibling
- Princess Asuka
- Occupation
- writer
- Position held
- Josei Tenno
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Family
- Imperial House of Japan
- Field of work
- poetry
- Image
- Empress Gemmei.jpg
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- name in native language
- 元明天皇
- date of birth
- 0661-00-00
- date of death
- 0721-12-29
- Commons category
- Empress Genmei
- name in kana
- げんめい てんのう
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Encyclopedic overview
HouseImperial House of Japan FatherEmperor Tenji MotherSoga no Mei-no-iratsume
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 order of succession. Genmei's reign spanned the years 707 through 715. She established the capital at Heijō-kyō in 710, marking the beginning of the Nara period.
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