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	Empress Suiko Summary
		Suiko was the second daughter of Emperor Kimmei and was known as Toyo-mike Kashiki-ya-hime.
		Once Empress Suiko was on the throne, Umako nominated as heir apparent and regent not one of Suiko's seven sons but the second son of Yomei, the Prince Umayado (Shotoku Taishi).
		Suiko was also one of the first Buddhist monarchs in Japan and had taken the vows of a nun shortly before becoming empress.
	www.bookrags.com /Empress_Suiko (1467 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Empress
		Empress Theodora exiled Silverius and made Vigilius pope in the expectation that he would compromise with the Monophysites.
		As regent for Empress Suiko, he set out at the age of 20 to convert a clan society into a centralized administration like that of China.
		Paddlewheelin' the inside passage on the Empress of The North: where 19th-century ambiance meets age-old Alaskan splendor.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Empress&StartAt=41 (1449 words)

	Empress Suiko - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		She was a consort to her half-brother Emperor Bidatsu, but after Bidatsu's first wife died she became his official wife and was given the title Ōkisaki (official wife of the emperor).
		Suiko was also one of the first Buddhist monarchs in Japan and had taken the vows of a nun shortly before becoming empress.
		The two oldest volcanoes in the Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain are named for Suiko.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Empress_Suiko (532 words)

	An Empress of Japan? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		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)

	Prince Shotoku Encyclopedia Article @ Constituted.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Shotoku was born as the son of Emperor Yōmei.
		When the first reigning empress, Empress Suiko, took the throne, he was named as her servant and assisted the empress.
		The documents at Horyu-ji claim it was founded by Suiko and Shōtoku in 607 but archeological facts don't support this claim.
	www.constituted.net /encyclopedia/Prince_Shotoku (530 words)

	Mike's History p 68 - Empress Suiko and Prince Shotoku jointly rule Japan.
		Finally, under the joint rule of Empress Suiko and her nephew, Prince Shotoku, a successful attempt was made to reestablish harmony under the Emperor by adapting Chinese practices.
		The Empress Toyo-mike Hashiki-ya-hime was the second daughter of the Emperor Ame-kuni oshi-hiraki-hiro-niha and a younger sister by the same mother of the Emperor Tachibana no toyo-hi.
		The Empress was greatly pleased, and bestowed on the Prince Imperial one hundred cho of water-fields in the Province of Harima.
	www.galileolibrary.com /history/history_page_68.htm (1428 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Empress Suiko
		Suiko was the younger sister of Emperor Yōmei.
		Empress Suiko was a consort to her half-brother, Emperor Bidatsu, but after Bidatsu's first wife died she became his official consort and was given the title Ōkisaki (official consort of the emperor).
		For example, her refusal to grant Soga no Umako's request that he be granted the imperial territory known as Kazuraki no Agata in 624 is cited as evidence of her independence from his influence.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Empress_Suiko (625 words)

	A Chronology of Japanese History
		Soga Umako arranges the assassination of the emperor (his nephew) and replaces him with his neice, Suiko (the sister of ex-emperor Yômei, the widowed ex-empress of Bidatsu, and the thirty-third soverign.) She becomes the first female to take the Japanese imperial throne.
		Suiko's nephew (the second son of Yômei and later to be known as Shôtoku Taishi) is named Heir Apparent and Regent.
		Empress Saimei dies in Kyûshû while leading an army to Korea to aid Paekche.
	www.shikokuhenrotrail.com /japanhistory/yamatohistory.html (1434 words)

	JAPANESE HISTORY
		Then in 366, Japan invaded Korea lead by Empress Jingo Kogo (who was rumored to be pregnant at that time) and forced Korea to pay tribute to Japan.
		Empress Suiko died in 628AD, replaced briefly by Jomei then Empress Kogyoku comes into power.
		The Fujiwara, who soon took control, banished him after her death and made it that an Empress would never again rule by her own right (and save two powerless women in the Edo period, none have).
	scajapan.netfirms.com /history.htm (1288 words)

	Emperors and Empresses of Japan - China History Forum, Chinese History Forum
		Japan had an early tradition of empresses succeeding to the throne after the death of their husband (the emperor), and eventually passing the throne back to their sons.
		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).
		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 (3171 words)

	History of Japan, 501 - 800
		Empress Jingu had started it by adopting an Imperial Crest you know so well by now, the golden chrysanthemum, but it was more personal than imperial and the subsequent rulers of Japan didn't take it as a must.
		Empress Suiko now told her Generals to put some marks on their banners so that she could see who did good in battle and who didn't.
		After 4 empresses in succession showed the same airheadedness and the same infatuation toward Buddhist monks who then meddled in the affairs of the state, from now on no female was let to lead Japan, with only one exception ages later.
	www.geocities.com /odamachi2/nihongi3.htm (3950 words)

	Feudal Japan - Message Board - ezboard.com
		In 538AD Buddhism came to Japan and Empress Suiko was put on the throne after the assassination of Emperor Sujun.
		Empress Saimei (the 37th ruler of Japan) who ruled earlier by the name Kogyoku, reclaims the throne.
		During the late 1100's during the Gempei War we see Tomoe Gozen, the wife of Minamoto general Kiso Yoshinaka, who fought along side her husband.
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	The Rise of the Military Power
		With the firm establishment of Buddhism in the reign of that Empress (S93-628 A.D.), we reach the period of authentic history, and of the thirty-third Japanese sovereign counting from Jimmu Tennô.
		The Empress Suikô introduced Chinese court-ceremonies, and first established among the nobility the Chinese grades of rank.
		Ninety-five out of the total one hundred and fifty-five families of Kugé belonged to it,--including the five families, Go-Sekké, from which alone the Emperor was by tradition allowed to choose his Empress.
	www.sacred-texts.com /shi/jai/jai14.htm (4915 words)

	Japanese Art - Sculpture
		They were mostly produced in the reign of the Empress Suiko, because of which they are known by the name "Suiko sculpture." In the Suiko sculpture there are two styles ; one is the Tori style, and the other the Korean style.
		The wooden figures of the Suiko sculpture were carved out of a single block of wood, and always decorated with colors or brightened with gold-foil.
		In the second half of the 7th century there developed a new style of sculpture due to the influence of the Gupta style of Indian sculpture which was introduced into Japan through China.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles15/japanese-art-2.shtml (2037 words)

	KOJIKI (Ancient Records and Myths)
		She apparently was demanding that Yasumaro reshape and reword these Myths in ways that would clarify and sanctify one single line of Imperial descent, a line that began with the birth of the Great Goddess Amaterasu in heaven and continued, generation after generation, down to the present reign.
		The Empress undoubtedly knew, or assumed, that Hieda no Are could recall myths that explained and sanctified the Empress’s direct descent from Great Goddess Amaterasu, as well as those that explained and sanctified the supremacy of the Imperial clan over all other clans.
		The reign of Empress Suiko was long (592 to 628) and is thought to have come just when Japan was beginning to blossom as an empire.
	sunsite3.berkeley.edu /JHTI/text1.htm (1576 words)

	Japanese Culture - Royalty - The Imperial Family
		The role of the Emperor (and occasionally the Empress - there have been 8 to date) has varied in importance.
		Later during the Nara Period (710~794) Prince Shotoku, son of the Empress Suiko, created Japan's first constitution and established Buddhism as the country's dominant religion.
		At the beginning of the Heian Period (794~1185), Emperor Kammu established a new capital in Kyoto, a city designed based on the Chinese capital.
	www.japan-zone.com /culture/imperial.shtml (1064 words)

	Emperor Bidatsu of Japan - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		He was the second son of Emperor Kimmei by the Empress Iwahime, a daughter of the Emperor Senka.
		To replace her, he elevated one of his consorts, Princess Nukatabe, to the rank of empress.
		Later she ascended to the throne and today known as Empress Suiko.
	www.factbug.org /cgi-bin/a.cgi?a=10416 (262 words)

	history and traditions in Japan: Emperor Nintoku,Emperor Ojin,Emperor Shomu,Emperor Sujin,Emperor Taisho,Emperor ...
		A legend says that he had born from Empress Jingu who would have already pregnant when she had been fighting in Korean peninsula.
		He had remained as the crown prince of Emperor Kotoku then Empress Saimei, his mother, but after a disaster of the battle of Hakusukinoe in Korea, he moved the capital to Otsu on the shore of Lake Biwa and became the 38th emperor in 668.
		Born in 554 as a daughter of Soga clan and became the wife of Emperor Kinmei.
	www.webdico.com /dico/histxtg9.html (1090 words)

	Shotoku-taishi
		Sushun, who was the Uncle of Umayato and a brother of Emperor Youmei and Suiko, took over the throne after Emperor Youmei passed away.
		Prince Umayato's aunt became Empress Suiko in 592 A.D. after a competition for the throne between the Soga family and the Mononobe family was settled.
		Umayato started to work as a regent and conduct the affairs of state under Empress Suiko.
	www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/prehistory/japan/asuka/p-shotoku.html (548 words)

	Soka Gakkai Dictionary of Buddhism
		According to an inscription on the back of the halo on the statue of Medicine Master Buddha in the main hall, the temple was founded in 607 by Prince Shotoku and Empress Suiko.
		Though the year of its founding is disputable, it is certain that the temple was built by Shotoku during the reign of Empress Suiko (592-628).
		The Chronicles of Japan records the donation of rice fields to Ikaruga-dera in 606.
	www.sgi-usa.org /buddhism/dictionary/define?tid=1309 (284 words)

	Society - suiko
		Empress suiko of Japan was the first woman to rule Japan in recorded history.
		It was during her reign that Buddhism became established in Japan, and Empress suiko helped...
		empress suiko - japan empress - suiko japan
	www.feedzilla.com /search.asp?k=Society&q=suiko (159 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)

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		Empress Hotel of La Jolla California:A coastal hotel in La Jolla, California close to shops, dining, galleries, and beaches.
		Japan's possible empress: Land of the rising daughter - Sunday Times - Times Online:2 candidates for the succession are female.
	movil.be /index.php?s=delicious.p&tag=empress (287 words)

	"Riben 日本" was given by Empress Wu? - China History Forum, Chinese History Forum
		In 608, the Japanese empress Suiko wrote a letter to Sui Yangdi referring to herself as "the Son of Heaven of the Land where the Sun Rises" and to her Sui counterpart as "the Son of Heaven of the Land where the Sun Sets".
		Yangdi was offended and sent an envoy to Japan to remind Suiko that she was a vassal of the Sui empire.
		It stated that Japan came to the Tang court to congradulate the pacification of Koguryo in the sixth mission, and afterwards, empress Wu enfoeffed the title of Japan.
	www.chinahistoryforum.com /index.php?showtopic=10148 (835 words)

	The Samurai Archives Citadel // View topic - Empress Suiko jidai agricultural irrigation waterway found
		A 78-year-old retired civil engineer of Nara has shed new light on an ancient waterway by determining that it was built for agricultural irrigation by Empress regnant Suiko between the early sixth and seventh centuries.
		He then determined that Empress Suiko had it built based on descriptions in "Nihon Shoki" (The Chronicles of Japan) that said she had ponds and waterways built in 607.
		Meanwhile, he rejected a theory that it was a canal, pointing out that since the mid-eighth century, collapsed sections of the waterway had been left unrepaired while other sections were partially buried.
	forums.samurai-archives.com /viewtopic.php?p=26826 (973 words)

	Prince Shotoku 1
		Prince Chaotic-Taishi is one of Japan's most notable rulers, he reformed the face of Japanese culture in his time and into the modern era.
		Prince Chaotic was the son of Emperor Yomei and was prince during the reign of Empress Suiko, sister of Yomei.
		With unforeseen events he wanted the liberty to rule how and when he pleased, through his aunt, Empress Suiko, of course.
	mll.kenyon.edu /~japanese02/J28sp99/projects/hinckley/1/index.html (518 words)

	Romance of Old Japan: Chapter IV
		What time my lord was regent of the Empire, ruling wisely and faithfully for his aunt, the aged Empress Suiko, I, a samurai in his service, shared his martial adventures and the brilliant life of courts.
		When the Empress told him of the words of White Chrysanthemum: “I will wed with none but my Umayado,” then first came to my Prince an understanding of her wondrous white-souled love.
		Now it came to pass that the Empress fell sick of a strange malady, which the Shinto priests averred to be a chastisement for her desertion of the old religion.
	www.kellscraft.com /romanceofoldjapan/romancejapan04.html (3773 words)

	MARTYRED CHILDE OF GOD
		In the year ad 627, the thirty-fifth regnal year of Empress Suiko, in summer, the fifth lunar month, a strange thing happened near the capital of Japan:
		John 11:41–44) is clearly apparent, and we must wonder why this passage appears where it does in the text.
		The Empress Dowager was upset by it and her heart was ill at ease.
	www.geocities.com /skyshanks/mythwork/cicada.htm (6463 words)

	Early Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Prince Shotoku was a prince in ancient Japan.
		His real name was "Umayato" which means "door of stable." He was given that name because his mother, Empress Anahobeno-hashinohito, gave birth to him in front of the stable door, thus, his name.
		He could listen to what ten people were saying, all speaking at once.
	www.freewebs.com /key-early-japan/princeshotokusdeeds.htm (290 words)

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