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	Empress Kogyoku of Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Empress Kōgyoku (皇極天皇) or Saimei (斉明天皇) (594-661) was the 35th imperial ruler of Japan.
		From 642 she ruled as Kogyoku, but abdicted in favour of her son Kotoku in 645.
		After her son died in 655, she reascended the throne as Saimei, and ruled under that name until her death.
	www.gogoglo.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/e/em/empress_kogyoku_of_japan.html (73 words)

	An Empress of Japan? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Empress Suiko was the first female sovereign, who ruled the empire efficiently with the help of Prince Shotoku from 592 to 628.
		The second, Empress Kogyoku, reigned briefly from 642, abdicated in favor of her son in 645, and re-ascended the throne in 661, when the son, Emperor Kotoku, died.
		Empress Gemmyo, a sister of Jito, succeeded in 708, shortly before the capital was established at Nara.
	www.npf.org.tw /PUBLICATION/NS/091/NS-C-091-187.htm (1067 words)

	JAPANESE HISTORY
		In 538AD Buddhism came to Japan and Empress Suiko was put on the throne after the assassination of Emperor Sujun.
		Empress Suiko died in 628AD, replaced briefly by Jomei then Empress Kogyoku comes into power.
		Empress Saimei (the 37th ruler of Japan) who ruled earlier by the name Kogyoku, reclaims the throne.
	scajapan.netfirms.com /history.htm (1288 words)

	Preface to the Chronicle " Kojiki "
		Fujiwara-kyô was a capital for empress Jitô, emperor Monmu and empress Genmei.
		Naishin-nô, therefore, sister of empress Genmei was nominated for the throne.
		The empress Jitô, emperor Monmu and empress Genmei reigned in the imperial palace
	www.geocities.jp /general_sasaki/oono-yasu-eng.html (7906 words)

	Emperors and Empresses of Japan - China History Forum, chinese history forum
		The semi-mythical Empress Jingu is even supposed to have led an invasion of Korea in the 3rd century while pregnant with the child of her late husband the emperor (this son was later deified as the Japanese war god Hachiman).
		Kogyoku was a shaman, which suggests that she played a religious role in the state like the earliest Yamato ruler who is mentioned in Chinese records, the Priestess-Queen Himiko of the 3rd century.
		It was impossible for a Fujiwara to occupty the throne directly, either as emperor or empress, so the Fujiwara had no interest in seeing an empress on the throne because that would mean she was not one of theirs.
	www.chinahistoryforum.com /index.php?showtopic=2017 (3319 words)

	Saimei
		Empress Saimei (斉明天皇) was the 37th imperial ruler of Japan and the second woman to hold the position.
		She had previously held the position as Empress Kogyoku.
		Is all this, where reason gives My own honour here is wronged, I a vassal, she a woman; Though I doubt it has the power; Heaven is all one fearful presage,.
	www.termsdefined.net /sa/saimei.html (186 words)

	The Ultimate Empress Kogyoku of Japan Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference
		Empress Kōgyoku (皇極天皇) or Saimei (斉明天皇) (594–661) was the 35th imperial ruler of Japan.
		From 642 she ruled as Kogyoku, but abdicated after the assassination of Soga no Iruka and gave up the throne to her brother Kotoku in 645.
		She was the wife and empress of the Emperor Jomei.
	www.dogluvers.com /dog_breeds/Saimei (362 words)

	An Origin of Shinto
		Between the 2nd and 6th centuries (from the first emperor Jimmu to the empress Kogyoku), however, the name of the Great Deity of Amaterasu does not appear in the chronicles except once (seemingly later-modification) in the reign of Sujin.
		Some scholars argue that the concept of the abstract god and the concept of the anthropomorphized god was not developed in the early era of the Yamato state.
		The decisive events were that Queen Himiko and Empress Jingu made ecstatic prophecies at the crisis of the Yamato state, and demonstrated the efficacies.
	homepage.mac.com /abukuma/weberian/moriyukis/japan/shinto/shinto.html (6885 words)

	Are men more intelligent than women - Page:4
		During the 8th century of Japanese history, the ruling imperial was usually an empress.
		During her second reign, Japan’s sixth empress almost ended the dynasty, dating back to the pre-Christian era.
		In such circumstances, the power of the leading Buddhist ecclesiastics was very great, and a handsome priest named Dokyo was able to make such an impression upon Empress Koken that before long he became “chancellor of the realm,” and nearly succeeded in having himself named as her successor to the throne.
	www.englishforums.com /English/IntelligentWomen/4/vphq/Post.htm (2106 words)

	ASUKA/oharidamiya (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		It was here that Soga-no-Iruka was assassinated in 645 (the 4th year of Empress Kogyoku's reign).
		The roof of the palace was presumably shingled with wooden boards (itabuki) in contra-distinction to former palaces, whose roofs are believed to have been for the most part thatched.
		The buildings were lost to fire in 655 (first year of Kogyoku's second reign, in which she is known to history as Saimei).
	www.asukanet.gr.jp /asukahome/ASUKA2/ASUKAMIYA/itabukimiya.html (179 words)

	Japan to 1615 by Sanderson Beck
		Shinto religion worshipped spirits (kami) in diverse forms; after the country was unified, the emperor or empress was considered a descendant of the sun goddess Amaterasu.
		The next year Kiyomori's daughter, the empress, gave birth to a son who became Emperor Antoku; but Kiyomori's dictatorial ways aroused the Shishigatani conspiracy of Fujiwaras that was revealed by a spy and suppressed.
		Sei Shonagon wrote her Pillow Book while serving as a lady-in-waiting for Empress Sadako during the last decade of the 10th century; Murasaki Shikibu soon was serving in the court of a second empress Shoshi.
	www.san.beck.org /3-11-Japanto1615.html (17262 words)

	Japan, Inc. - The Emperor System and Japan's Royal Family (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Allied G.I.'s seeking to bring home war prizes with the Chrysanthemum often had to wait while the symbol was obliterated.
		Japanese Emperors: B.C. Japan's royalty traces its descendancy from Jimmu, circa 660 B.C. The list shows Japan's ruling Emperors and eight ruling Empresses from Jimmu 660 B.C. to Akihito 1996 A.D. Heisei Tenno, Japan's Emperor Akihito, calls his reign Heisei, meaning "the achievement of complete peace on earth and in the heavens".
		According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Their Majesties The Emperor and Empress of Japan to visit the Federative Republic of Brazil and the Argentine Republic (Japan MOFA press release 8 April 1997
	vikingphoenix.com /public/JapanIncorporated/postwar/japemps.htm (828 words)

	SARUDAMA.COM: Japanese History: Nara Era Timeline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Accession of Temmu after brief reign of Kobun and civil war
		Accession of Empress Gensho after abdication of Gemmyo
		Accession of Empress Koken after abdication of Shomu
	www.sarudama.com /history/nara.shtml (35 words)

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