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	Empress Suiko of Japan - Biocrawler
		Empress Suiko (推古天皇) (554-628) was the 33rd imperial ruler of Japan and the first woman to hold this position.
		She accepted and became the first female imperial ruler of Japan.She reigned from 593 to 628, but took little active part in affairs of state, which were handled by Prince Shotoku, who was the son of her brother Emperor Yomei and was married to Suiko's daughter.
		Suiko was one of the first Buddhist monarchs in Japan and had taken the vows of a nun shortly before becoming empress.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Suiko (317 words)

	Early Japan
		In the late sixteenth century, Japan began a process of reunification followed by a period of great stability and peace, in which contact with the outside world was limited and tightly controlled by the government.
		Several empresses reigned from the fifth to the eighth centuries, but after 770 succession was restricted to males, usually from father to son, although sometimes from ruler to brother or uncle.
		Long-standing fears of the Chinese threat to Japan were reinforced, and the Korean Peninsula became regarded as "an arrow pointed at the heart of Japan." The Japanese victory, however, gave the bushi a sense of fighting superiority that remained with Japan's soldiers until 1945.
	www.shsu.edu /~his_ncp/Japan.html (7153 words)

	A History of Japan
		Japan was now united under a strong central government and the Tokugawa family ruled as shoguns until 1868.
		Japan rushed troops to the area and soon it became a full scale invasion of China, although there was no formal declaration of war.
		Japan imported 80% of her oil from the USA and was faced with the choice between a humiliating climb-down and war.
	www.localhistories.org /japan.html (3951 words)

	Empress Suiko Summary
		Empress Suiko (554-628) was the thirty-third ruler of Japan.
		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)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Empress Suiko of Japan (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Empress Suiko (推古天皇) (554-628) was the 33rd imperial ruler of Japan and the first woman to hold this position.
		Suiko was one of the first Buddhist monarchs in Japan and had taken the vows of a nun shortly before becoming empress.
		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).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Empress-Suiko-of-Japan (492 words)

	Japan, Buddhism and Warlords, to the Kamakura
		Buddhism may have arrived in Japan earlier, but the commonly believed time of its arrival in Japan was around the mid-500s, when the Korean king of Paekche was fighting the king of neighboring Silla and wished to ally himself with Japan.
		Japan's emperor sent no troops to Korea, and in 562 Japan was forced from its possession in Korea that it called Mimana.
		Japan was growing also in population, and they were expanding against indigenous people, including the Ainu, who, on the main island, Honshu, were overrun and pushed farther north.
	www.fsmitha.com /h3/h07japan.htm (4026 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)

	Japanese Culture - Royalty - The Imperial Family
		It wasn't until Tokugawa Ieyasu became Shogun of the recently reunited Japan at the beginning of the Edo Period (1600~1868) that the imperial institution regained some of its former glory, if not its power.
		By 1868, they had succeeded in toppling the Tokugawa shogunate and establishing a new national government under direct imperial rule - the Meiji Restoration (analogies to this period of revolutionary change are often made by today's radical politicians).
		The eagerly anticipated birth of a male heir to the Crown Prince was even thought of in terms of an event that could spark Japan's economic revival.
	www.japan-zone.com /culture/imperial.shtml (1081 words)

	An Empress of Japan? (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Japan’s touted unbroken line of emperors may have to be broken, unless its imperial household act is revised to allow an heiress to ascend the Chrysanthemum throne.
		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.
	www.npf.org.tw /PUBLICATION/NS/091/NS-C-091-187.htm (1067 words)

	CBSNews.com: Print This Story
		And Japan's imperial family is so drenched in tradition that the mere suggestion of change is nearly taboo.
		Japan's indigenous Shinto religion has it that the Sun Goddess gave birth to the first emperor, Jimmu, 2,600 years ago.
		Japan's first empress, Suiko, began her reign in 655.
	uttm.com /stories/2001/05/09/world/printable290375.shtml (554 words)

	JAPANESE HISTORY
		In 200AD, Japan was ruled by a warrior-priestess-queen named Himoko (or Pimiko), who ruled several tribes of the Yamataikoku in a land known as Wa to China (later known as Dai Nihon "Great Japan").
		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 Saimei (the 37th ruler of Japan) who ruled earlier by the name Kogyoku, reclaims the throne.
	scajapan.netfirms.com /history.htm (1288 words)

	Nara, Japan
		In accordance with the town-planning principles of the Chinese T'ang era the new town, to the west of the present city center, was laid out on a rectangular grid, modeled on the layout of the Chinese capital of Ch'ang-an.
		Under Government direction Japan adopted the Buddhist religion and was strongly influenced by the Chinese art of the T'ang period.
		While the sculpture of the Suiko period (552-645) was still marked by severity and rigidity, the work now produced showed softer forms.
	www.planetware.com /japan/nara-jpn-ks-nara.htm (627 words)

	Chapter 6
		This protection was taken quite seriously in ancient Japan and considerable wealth was lavished on Buddhism, as is indicated in the great monastic establishments and temples, and in the massing of large land holdings by the temples.
		During the Tokugawa period, the revival of interest in Shinto, and the movement to purge Japan of foreign elements, contributed to the criticism of Buddhism.
		It was not until 1945 that Buddhism in Japan could be freed from its entangling dependencies on the state, and its subjection to some form of government control.
	www.shindharmanet.com /course/chapter6.htm (4770 words)

	JAL Guide to Japan - Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area ( World Heritage )
		Prince Shotoku was Imperial Regent to Empress Suiko from the 6th to the 7th century and is well known as an innovative politician who sent an envoy to China and imported mainland culture, including Buddhism and art to an emerging nation.
		However, as he died before completing the project, his son Prince Shotoku, and the Empress Suiko, (an aunt of Prince Shotoku) in succeeding him erected the temple and set in place its main image, "Yakushinyorai." Today, this tale is accepted in Japan as the founding story of Horyu-ji Temple.
		Tsunekazu Nishioka (1908 -1995) was once called "the last great carpenter of temples and shrines." He worked as chief carpenter during a large-scale restoration that started in 1934 and his uncompromising attitude regarding materials and techniques to be used are said to have contributed greatly to restoring the temple to its Asuka era former glory.
	www.jal.com /world/en/guidetojapan/world_heritage/horyuji/description (516 words)

	The Fighting Tradition of Japan
		Although Shinto had been the indigenous religion of Japan, in 593 A.D., Empress Suiko declared her acceptance of Buddhism (which was introduced through the Korean peninsula in the mid sixth century) and encouraged the construction of Buddhist temples.
		Japan gained recognition of its paramount interests in Korea, took back the southern Manchurian leases, and acquired the southern half of Sakhalin.
		To escape the U.S.-lead economic sanctions and to establish military dominance in Asia and the Pacific, the military-led government of Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in December 1941 to destroy the U.S. Pacific Fleet.
	www.dragon-tsunami.org /Dtimes/Pages/article22.htm (4307 words)

	Japan to 1615 by Sanderson Beck
		Japanese Wa people formed the colony of Mimana in the kingdom of Kaya in the southeast corner of the Korean peninsula; but their campaign to defend it was held up by Kyushu chief Iwai in 527, because he was in league with the Korean Silla kingdom.
		In 660 Paekche asked for Japan's help against Chinese forces and Silla; but after their army was defeated three years later, Japan withdrew from Korea and exchanged ambassadors with the Tang court.
		Japan now had 66 provinces with 592 districts, which were made up of townships of fifty households each.
	www.san.beck.org /3-11-Japanto1615.html (17262 words)

	Asuka
		Behind the development of Japan's centralized government is a notable relationship among East Asian countries.
		He is also credited with editing Japan's oldest record which consists of mainly royal family legend (Kojiki and Nihonshoki).
		During the period of Tenmu and his wife (Empress Jito), Japan's first standard capital with castle walls was established (Fujiwara-kyo).
	www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/prehistory/japan/asuka/asuka-period.html (1141 words)

	SPACE.com -- Earth's Moon: Best in the Solar System
		In millennia past, eclipses (like comets) were unexpected and unwelcome phenomena, and generally took the rap for anything bad that happened the same year.
		Empress Suiko of Japan died in 628 AD, and an eclipse was blamed.
		Louis of Bavaria, son of Charlemagne, also expired in the year of an eclipse.
	www.space.com /searchforlife/seti_egypt_eclipse_060427.html (1404 words)

	Shinto
		Appeared in the reign of Empress Gensho (715-723), but was commissioned by Empress Gemmio (708-715).
		The book was written by the court to legitimize the celestial origins of the court and Japan.
		Due to the intermingling of the two traditions in Japan they really should be mentioned.
	quasisemi.com /myth (1087 words)

	Jan Dodd : Japan : Update: Guide
		They say that the spaces in the garden, when viewed from the centre of the hall behind, evoke the "hidden image of a branching tree that is sensed by the unconscious mind".
		A wall painting of the legendary bird "Suzaku", one of the four deities of ancient China governing the four corners of the heaven, was discovered inside the Kitora burial mound (late 7th century to early 8th century) in Asuka Village, Nara Prefecture.
		Circumstances suggest that the mound was the joint grave for Empress Suiko (554-628) and her son Prince Takeda (c.570-c.590).
	www.jandodd.com /japan/guide.htm (2502 words)

	Japanese Suiseki History (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The first Penjing and Gongshi were presented to Japan's Empress Regent Suiko by the Chinese imperial court between 592-628.
		This was also a period of intense isolation for Japan, when they closed their borders to outsiders.
		In Japan the first public display was held in Hibiya Park in Tokyo in October 1927 and then annually through 1933.
	shimagata.tripod.com /suihist.htm (531 words)

	5. Japan, 552-1185. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
		Although there were probably Buddhist converts already in Japan at the time, at this point Buddhism began to play a major role in Japanese history and to stimulate the continued influx of mainland culture by way of Paekche.
		Soga Umako placed his niece Empress Suiko on the Yamato throne, the first officially recognized empress.
		Suiko was served as regent by Crown Prince Sh toku (574–624), who worked vigorously to import continental civilization to Japan.
	www.bartelby.com /67/383.html (561 words)

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		Before Empress Suiko and regent Shototuku took power there existed no central government and instead there was constant fighting between clans for power.
		With these descriptions of the respective states in China and Japan, it is obvious to why differences exist in the organization and function of the different laws of governance introduced.
		During the reign of Empress Suiko and Regent Shotoku supreme rule was given to the emperor that would be implemented by later dynasties.
	www.echeat.com /essay.php?download=-1&t=29473 (1530 words)

	Japanese Government\| Internet Guide \| National Clearinghouse for U.S.-Japan Studies (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Senrei provides "summaries of important recent constitutional, civil and commercial law cases from Japan as well as articles and essays on a variety of topics relating to law in Japan." Case summaries are organized by area and topic.
		The official site of the Supreme Court of Japan includes an overview of the Japanese judicial system, a virtual tour of the Supreme Court, and outlines of court procedure depending on type of case.
		This constitution created the framework for the Japanese democratic government and redefined the role of the emperor from political leader and divine personage to that of ceremonial head of state, while the political leader of Japan is the democratically elected prime minister.
	www.iub.edu /~japan/iguides/gov.html (755 words)

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		The flag of Japan was created in 1870 although the red sun had been used on war banners for centuries.
		Japans ancestors were migrants from the mainland of Asia, the earliest known being the Ainu clan who arrived around 15000 BC to populate the islands.
		In the fifth and sixth centuries the religion of Buddhism, the art of writing and philosophy of Confucius spread from China to the Island of Japan.
	www.cartoonbuddy.com /japan.htm (349 words)

	Diplomatic hiccup of Ono no Imoko's mission - China History Forum, chinese history forum
		Second, the Sui call Japan "Wa", and Aston quotes the later Shaku-nihongi (his spelling, usually Shoku nihongi?) as saying that Imoko had objected to the use of Wa, but the Sui refused to change it to "Nippon", which term was first used by Chinese officialdom under the Tang.
		Wa was the ordinary name for Japan, both in China and Corea, and in the latter country it is used to this day.
		the title used by the Japanese Empress Suiko in her state letter of 600 was Okimi Ametarashihiko, meaning ‘Heavenly Emperor’, and not the later Tenno that was borrowed from the Tang imperial title Tianhuang only around 689.
	www.chinahistoryforum.com /index.php?showtopic=8194 (2014 words)

	japan.html
		The ruler of Paekche, a small kingdom in southwest Korea presented the imperial court with a bronze image of Shakyamuni (The Buddha), banners, and several manuscripts of Buddhist scriptures.
		His will was carried out by his younger sister, Empress Suiko, who placed the image at Horyuji Temple after his death.
		The Lotus Sutra was chosen because it was well liked in Japan for teaching the doctrine of "One-Vehicle," which harmonized both the northern and southern streams of Buddhism.
	mcel.pacificu.edu /as/students/cgono/japan.html (558 words)

	World History 600- 700 AD
		Between 593 and 628 Empress Suiko ruled Japan.
		During her reign, the prime mover behind the throne was Prince Shotoku.
		It called for a strong central government in Japan, based on the Chinese model.
	www.multied.com /dates/600ad.html (764 words)

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