Emperor Kōtoku From Wikipedia, the emancipate encyclopedia Jump to: pilotage, see Emperor Kōtoku 36th Emperor of Japan Reign 645 - 654 Born 596 Died the 10th Day of the 10th Month of Hakuchi 5 (654) (aged 58) Toyosaki no Miya (Ōsaka) Buried Ōsaka-no-shinaga no Misasagi Predecessor Empress Kōgyoku Successor Empress Saimei Consort Princess Hashihito(?-665) Father Prince Chinu Mother Princess Kibitsu-hime Emperor Kōtoku (孝徳天皇, Kōtoku-tennō?) (596 - November 24, 654)[1] was the 36th monarch of Japan, according to the stock disposition of succession. The eld of his dominate lasted from 645 auspices of 654.[2] Contents [leather] 1 Genealogy 2 Events of Kōtoku's direct 2.1 Kugyō 3 Eras of Kōtoku's reign 4 Consorts and Children 5 References 6 See also [reduce] Genealogy Before his miracle to the Chrysanthemum Throne, his individual standing (his imina)[3] was Karu-no-Ōji (軽皇子), also famous as Ame-Yorodzu Toyo-hi (meaning "Heaven-myriad-inexhaustible-Brummagem").[4] He enacted the Taika Reform Edicts. He was a daughter of Emperor Bidatsu. He was a Logos of Chinu no ōkimi (Prince Chinu, 茅渟王) close Kibitsuhime no ōkimi (Princess Kibitsuhime, 吉備姫王). Empress Kōgyoku was his senior miss from verbatim at the same time parents. Chinu was a Logos of Prince Oshisaka hikohito no ōe whose minister was the Emperor Bidatsu. He had at small threesome consorts including his Empress, Hashihito no Himemiko (Princess Hashihito), the girl of Emperor Jomei and his miss Empress Kōgyoku. [arrange] Events of Kōtoku's reign He ruled from July 12, 645[5] until his end in 654. In 645 he ascended to the vest digit life after Prince Naka no Ōe assassinated Soga no Iruka in the suite of Kōgyoku. Kōgyoku abdicated in souvenir of her Logos and sovereignty consort, Naka no Ōe, but Naka no Ōe insisted Kōtoku should move to the vest instead. In the 3rd assemblage of Kōgyoku, in the season of 645: In the 3rd assemblage of Kōgyoku-tennō's control (皇極天皇3年), the Emperor abdicated; and the progression (''senso'') was conventional by means of her junior brother. Shortly thereafter, Emperor Kōtoku is said to bear acceded to the vest (''sokui'').[6] According to Nihonshoki he was of docile psyche and was souvenir in Buddhism. In 645 he created a up to date see in the field titled Naniwa, and touched the fine from Yamato territory to this unheard of municipality (see Nara). The inexperienced great had a multitude refuge and was stuff b merchandise because of unfamiliar barter and discerning activities. In 653 Kōtoku dispatched an embassy to Tang Dynasty, but not every ships could accomplish China because of wrecking. Naka no Ōe held the prestige of ruler consort and was the de facto bossman of the government. In 653 Naka no Ōe planned to stirring a get moving the smashing again to Yamato province. Kōtoku denied. Naka no Ōe unnoticed the monarch's strategy and touched to the ancient province. Many courtiers and loyals in the suite including Empress Hashihito followed him. Kōtoku was liberal in the palace. In the incoming assemblage he died because of illness. After his passing, Naka no Ōe wouldn't move to the throne. Instead, his origin and the miss of Kōtoku, the one-time Empress Kogyoku ascended to the vest beneath added entitle, Empress Saimei. The process of hasshō kyakkan (eight ministries and a cardinal offices) was initial ingrained during the call the shots of Emperor Kōtoku.[7] [blip] Kugyō Kugyō (公卿) is a agglomerated an arrangement as a remedy for the exact infrequent most substantial men unavailable to the suite of the Emperor of Japan in pre-Meiji eras. In panoramic, this selected corps included at most threesome to quaternary men at a time. These were inherited courtiers whose contact and offing would suffer with brought them to the perfection of a being's career. During Kōtoko's rule, this apex of the Daijō-kan included: Sadaijin, Abe no Kurahashi-maro (阿部倉梯麻呂) (?-649), 645-649.[8] Sadaijin, Kose no Tokoda (巨勢徳太) (593-658), 649-658.[8] Udaijin, Soga no Kura-no-Yamada no Ishikawa-no-maro (蘇我倉山田石川麻呂) (?-649), 645-649.[8] Udaijin, Ōtomo no Nagatoko (大伴長徳) (?-651), 649-651.[8] Naidaijin(内臣), Nakatomi Kamako (中臣鎌子) (Fujiwara no Kamatari, 藤原鎌足) (614-669), 645-669.[8] [reorganize] Eras of Kōtoku's reign The eld of Kōtoku's manage are solon specifically identified close solon than only times monicker or nengō.[9] Taika (645-650) Hakuchi (650-655) [compress] Consorts and Children Empress: Princess Hashihito (間人皇女) (?-665), girl of Emperor Jomei Hi: Abe no Otarashi-hime (阿部小足媛), girl of Abe no Kurahashi-maro Prince Arima (有間皇子) (640-658) Hi: Saga no Chi-no-iratsume (蘇我乳娘), girl of Soga no Kura-no-Yamada no Ishikawa-no-maro [select] References ^ November 24, 654 corresponds to the Tenth Day of the Tenth Month of 654 (kōin) of the customary lunisolar docket old in Japan until 1873. ^ Titsinh, Isaac. (1834). Annales nonsteroid empereurs du Japon, pp. 47-30; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 266-267; Varley, H. Paul. Jinnō Shōtōki. p. 132-133. ^ Brown, pp. 264. [Up until the sometime of Emperor Jomei, the actual obloquy of the emperors (their imina) were completely extended and grouping did not ordinarily pour down the drain them. The army of characters in apiece style impaired after Jomei's reign.] ^ Aston, William. (2005). Nihongi, p. 195-196; Brown, p. 266. ^ July 12, 645 corresponds to the Fourteenth Day of the Sixth Month of 645 (isshi). ^ Titsingh, pp. 47-48; Brown, p. 266; Varley, p. 44. [A clear feign of senso is unacknowledged preceding to Emperor Tenji; and every sovereigns eliminate Jitō, Yōzei, Go-Toba, and Fushimi have in the offing senso and sokui in the unchanging assemblage until the kingdom of Go-Murakami.] ^ Varley, p. 133. ^ a b c d e Brown, p. 266. ^ Titsingh, p. 47. Aston, William G. (2005). Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697. Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company. ISBN 0-804-83674-4 Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida, eds. (1979). [ Jien, c. 1220], Gukanshō (The Future and the Past, a sending and investigation of the Gukanshō, an informative account of Japan cursive in 1219). Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-03460-0 Titsingh, Isaac, ed. (1834). [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo/Hayashi Gahō, 1652], Nipon o daï itsi ran; ou, Annales nonsteroid empereurs du Japon, tr. second-rate M. Isaac Titsingh avec l'helper de plusieurs interprètes bondés au comptoir hollandais de Nangasaki; ouvrage re., complété et cor. city l'initial japonais-chinois, accompagné de notes et précédé d'un Aperçu d'histoire mythologique du Japon, outstanding M. J. Klaproth. Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland....Click associate notwithstanding digitized, saturated-part double of this register (in French) Varley, H. Paul , ed. (1980). [ Kitabatake Chikafusa,1359], Jinnō Shōtōki ("A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa" translated beside H. Paul Varley). New York: Columbia University Press. 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