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 | | Buddhism was adopted by Emperor Shomu as the religion of the imperial court, although worship of the national gods, led by Amaterasu Omikami from whom the ruling dynasty claimed descent, as a customary rite was not disavowed. |
 | | When her successor, Emperor Konin, died in 781, the council of ministers refused to allow a woman to take the throne, thereby creating a precedent which was followed consistently in later times, except for two unimportant instances after 1600, when the throne was powerless. |
 | | Since the first Emperor Jinmu Tenno came to power in 585BC until now, a total of 2419 years, Japan has been rules by females for a total of only 94 years, and even then it must be remembered that many historians believe the Imperial Court wielded the real power - not the Emperor OR Empress. |
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