Empress Jitō
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Empress Jitō (持統天皇, Jitō-tennō, 645 – December 22, 702) was the 41st Emperor of Japan,[1] according to the traditional order of succession.[2]
Jitō | |
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Empress of Japan | |
Reign | 686–697 |
Predecessor | Temmu |
Successor | Mommu |
Born | 645 |
Died | 703 Fujiwara-kyō, Japan |
Burial | Hinokuma-no-Ōuchi no misasagi (Nara) |
Jitō's reign started in 686 and ended in 697.[3] Historians consider details about the life of Empress Jitō to be possibly legendary, but probable.[4] The name Jitō-tennō was created for him posthumously by later generations.
The conventionally accepted names and sequence of the early emperors were not to be confirmed as "traditional" until the reign of Emperor Kammu, who was the 50th monarch of the Yamato dynasty.[5]
In the history of Japan, Jitō was the third of eight women to be empress. The two female monarchs before Jitō were (a) Suiko and (b) Kōgyoku/Saimei. The five women monarchs after Jitō were (c) Gemmei, (d) Genshō, (e) Kōken/Shōtoku, (f) Meishō, and (g) Go-Sakuramachi.