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	Emperor Yōmei - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Emperor Yōmei (用明天皇 Yōmei Tennnō) (died 587) was the 31st imperial ruler of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.
		Emperor Yōmei was the fourth prince of Emperor Kimmei and his mother was Soga no Kitashihime, a daughter of Soga no Iname.
		Although Emperor Yōmei is reported to have died from illness, this incident and the brevity of his reign have led some to speculate that he was actually assassinated by Moriya and Prince Anahobe.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yomei (326 words)

	Emperor Sushun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Emperor Sushun (崇峻天皇 Sushun Tennō) was the 32nd imperial ruler of Japan (587-592), according to the traditional order of succession.
		He was the twelfth son of the Emperor Kimmei by Oane no Kimi, a daughter of Soga no Iname who was the chief of the Soga clan.
		He succeeded his half brother, Emperor Yōmei in 587 with the support of the Soga clan and Empress Suiko, his half sister and the widow of Emperor Bidatsu.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Emperor_Sushun_of_Japan (170 words)

	Encyclopedia: Emperors of Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Although the Emperor performs many of the roles of a head of state, there has been a persistent controversy within Japan as to whether the Emperor is in fact head of state or merely someone who acts as head of state.
		According to the chronicles of Japan II (續日本紀), Emperor Kammu's mother was a decendant of King Muryeong of Baekje, Korea.
		The emperor was given broad and vague "reserve powers" which in turn were exploited by the prime minister and various cliques around the Emperor.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Emperors-of-Japan (1536 words)

	Encyclopedia: Yamato (people)
		Following the death of the Emperor Yomei, who was a practitioner and supporter of Buddhist ideals in Japan, his sister the Empress Suiko came to power.
		It additionally included that the Emperor must place great value on the Three Treasures of Buddhism - Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha - and that it was the responsibility of the Emperor, given Heavenly appointment, to look after the welfare of his people.
		Emperor Kotoku was, like Shotoku, a devout Buddhist, and removed the exclusive control of sponsorship from the Soga clan, placing it then under government sponsorship directly.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Yamato-%28people%29 (1681 words)

	Tenno - IBWiki
		Though Emperor Kammu was a powerful, personal, ruler, his three sons, who succeeded him one by one, were dominated by the Fudjiwara clan (descended from Nacatomi no Camatali, the key player in the Soga's defeat).
		The Fudjiwara instituted a practice of regencies, and married their women to the sons of Emperors, thereby ensuring that the throne was occupied by one related to the Fudjiwara through the maternal line.
		Emperor Godaigo was deposed, and exiled to the south.
	ib.frath.net /w/Tenno (1588 words)

	Emperor Kammu of Japan -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		He was an active emperor who set up new government organisations and fought the (The second largest of the four main islands of Japan; north of Honshu) Ezo tribes in the north of the country.
		These commentaries used political rhetoric and promote a state in which the Emperor as "son of Heaven" should extent his sphere of influence to barbarous lands, thereby gladdening the people.
		After his father Konin became emperor, Kammu's half brother was appointed to the rank of crown prince.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/E/Em/Emperor_Kammu_of_Japan.htm (696 words)

	Emperor Bidatsu of Japan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		fr:Empereur Bidatsu ja:敏達天皇 Emperor Bidatsu (敏達天皇) (538-585) was the 30th imperial ruler of Japan.
		He was the second son of Emperor Kimmei.
		In domestic affairs, he allowed a tension between the Soga and the Mononobe regarding acceptace of Buddhism to Japan.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /Bidatsu (95 words)

	Japan, Buddhism and Warlords
		Japan's emperor sent no troops to Korea, and in 562 Japan was forced from its possession in Korea that it called Mimana.
		The new emperor, Yomei, who had taken power during the conflict and pestilence was impressed by Buddhism and accepted it, but he died in 587, after only a year on the throne.
		The new emperor, Kammu, wished to be free of influence from the Buddhist monasteries around Nara, and in 784 he moved his court thirty-five miles northwest to Nagaoka, a new palace and royal court being built there in five months by 300,000 men.
	www.fsmitha.com /h3/h07japan.htm (4023 words)

	The Supreme Leader of the World
		Overjoyed, the emperor sought counsel from his ministers as to whether or not the nation should worship the Buddha of the western countries.
		The emperor finally passed away on the fifteenth day of the eighth month in the year in which Prince Shotoku was fourteen.
		The emperor decreed that an open debate be held on the fifteenth day of the first month in the fourteenth year of Yung-p’ing.
	www.sgi-usa.org /buddhism/library/Nichiren/Gosho/SupremeLeaderWorld.htm (2713 words)

	Emperor Yomei of Japan -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Emperor Yōmei (用明天皇) (died (Click link for more info and facts about 587) 587) was the 31st (Click link for more info and facts about imperial ruler) imperial ruler of (A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building) Japan.
		He was the fourth son of the Emperor (Click link for more info and facts about Kimmei) Kimmei by Kitashihime, a (Click link for more info and facts about Soga) Soga woman and daughter of Soga no Iname.
		Yomei was in favor of (The teaching of Buddha that life is permeated with suffering caused by desire, that suffering ceases when desire ceases, and that enlightenment obtained through right conduct and wisdom and meditation releases one from desire and suffering and rebirth) Buddhism.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/e/em/emperor_yomei_of_japan.htm (441 words)

	Sushun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sushun became a General during the late years of the Daoguang Emperor's reign.
		He served in court as part of the Imperial Guard to the Xianfeng Emperor.
		At the Emperor Xianfeng's death, Sushun, his elder brother Duanhua, and Zaiyuan, along with five others, were appointed Regents to oversee administrative affairs during the young Emperor's minority.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sushun (148 words)

	AI Asia - Kufun/Yamato Period (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Emperor Kimmei was the 29th imperial ruler of Japan and the first to whom contemporary historiography assigns clear dates.
		Emperor Yomei was the 31st imperial ruler of Japan.
		Emperor Sushun was the 32nd imperial ruler of Japan.
	www.antiquatedideas.com /cgi-antiquatedideas/asia/topic.cgi?forum=31&topic=5 (295 words)

	Emperor Yao - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Emperor Yao (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Emperor Yao (Traditional Chinese:堯, Simplified Chinese:尧) (2337 - 2258 BC) was a semi-mythical Chinese ruler, one of the Three August Ones and the Five Emperors.
		Also known as Yaotang-shi (陶唐氏), he was born Yi Fangxun (伊放勳) or Yi Qi (伊祈) as the second son to Emperor Ku and Qingdu (慶都).
		Early Chinese often speak of Yao, Shun and Yu as historical figures, and contemporary historians believe they may represent leader-chiefs of allied tribes who established a unified and hierarchical system of government in a transition period to the patriachal feudal society.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Emperor-Yao.html (244 words)

	Emperor Kotoku of Japan -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		He was a descendant of the Emperor (Click link for more info and facts about Bidatsu) Bidatsu.
		Chinu was a son of Prince Oshisaka hikohito no ōe whose father was the Emperor Bidatsu.
		Nakanoōe ignored the emperor's policy and moved to the former province.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/E/Em/Emperor_Kotoku_of_Japan.htm (402 words)

	Theosophy Library Online - Great Teacher Series - PRINCE SHOTOKU (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		His successor, Emperor Yomei, ruled only two years, but he officially embraced the Teachings of Buddha and initiated the construction of a temple to house an image of Bhaishyajyaguru, known in Japan as Yakushi, the Healing Buddha.
		The emperor was mollified by Prince Shotoku's ambassadors, however, when he was told that Shotoku thought of him as a Bodhisattva and that relations between the two nations were based upon moral and spiritual bonds.
		With the accession of Emperor Kotoku in the same year, Prince Shotoku's reforms were firmly set in place, including such revolutionary policies as the abolition of private land ownership, the equitable distribution of land and universal taxation.
	www.theosophy.org /tlodocs/teachers/PrinceShotoku.htm (2657 words)

	japan.html (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		The Paikche ruler told Emperor Kimmei how Buddhism came to China and Korea from India, and that it was always looked at with the highest respect wherever it went.
		Yomei, the successor of Bidatsu, became the first emperor to believe in Buddhism.
		Prince Shotoku, the son of Emperor Yomei, is considered the founder of Japanese Buddhism.
	mcel.pacificu.edu /as/students/cgono/japan.html (558 words)

	Early Japan
		In around May 587 the Emperor Yomei died, and the feud between the Motonobe and Soga reached a boiling point.
		His successor, the Emperor Kobun, was usurped in a civil war that saw the rise of the Emperor Temmu (Hakuho) in 673.
		The emperor ordered a retaliatory expedition organized but this did not actually depart until 794 owing to logistical difficulties and the movement of the capital to Kyoto.
	www.samurai-archives.com /earlyjapan.html (4120 words)

	Footnote (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		The scholars apparently attempted to clearly distinguish among the “imperial clans” [kobetsu] originating from the line of Paekche royal families, the “deity clans” [shinbetsu] originating from the heavenly and earthly deities, and the “ foreign clans” [shoban] originating from the important non-imperial families that came from Korea.
		Emperor Temmu's ranking system is reflected in the Register of Families, where clan ancestry was traced back through descendants from whom Emperor Keitai was selected.
		Emperor Bidatsu was the second child of Emperor Kimmei who was the rightful heir of Emperor Keitai.
	www.koreanhistoryproject.org /Ket/C02/FN0206b.htm (784 words)

	Empress Suiko of Japan - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Empress Suiko of Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		After the death of her brother Emperor Yomei two princes fought for the throne.
		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, the son of her brother Emperor Yomei who was married to Suiko's daughter.
		She left no indication of succession and was suceeded by Jomei, the grandson of her husband and brother Emperor Bidatsu.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Empress-Suiko-of-Japan.html (347 words)

	Station Information - Prince Shotoku
		Shotoku was born as the son of Emperor Yomei.
		His mother was the daughter of Emperor Kimmei.
		When the first reigning empress, Empress Suiko, took the throne, he was named as her regent and assisted the empress.
	www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/p/pr/prince_shotoku.html (150 words)

	A Chronology of Japanese History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Reign of Emperor Yômei, the son of Soga Iname's daughter.
		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.
		Jomei (Bidatsu's grandson) is appointed by Yemishi (Soga Umako's son) as Emperor.
	www.lac.uic.edu /~dturk/japanhistory/yamatohistory.html (1434 words)

	Emperor Yomei of Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		He was the fourth son of the Emperor Kimmei by Kitashihime, a Soga woman and daughter of Soga no Iname.
		Because of the shortness of his reign, Yomei didn't cause any radical changes, but his inclination towards Buddhism created tension with the Shintoists.
		Moriya, the most influential Shintoist in the court, conspired with Prince Anahobe, a brother of Yomei; after Yomei's death, they rebelled and attempted to seize the throne, but were unsuccessful.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/E/Emperor-Yomei-of-Japan.htm (307 words)

	template (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		According to tradition, the emperor Yomei vowed to build a temple and an image of a Buddha as a form of a prayer for his own recovery from illness -- a vow he was never fated to fulfill, for he died shortly thereafter.
		It is said that Empress Suiko and Crown Prince Shotoku fulfilled Emperor Yomei's deathbed wish by building in 607 a temple and a statue of Buddha, to which the temple was dedicated.
		In 784 the court, under the rule of emperor Kammu, moved the capital from Nara to Heian in an attempt by the emperor and court nobles to sidestep the growing influence of Buddhist clerics over court life.
	www.marymount.k12.ny.us /marynet/TeacherResources/SILK%20Road/html/japan.htm (2883 words)

	Mongolia-Japan center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		As it wrote in the writings Emperor Yomei adjured to built a temple and statue of Buddha to treat himself from an illness, but was died.
		In 743 (15th year of Tensei) Emperor Shyomu decided built a statue Rushyana god as a symbol of unity to quell an inner chaos of state, natural calamity and elusive situation in state, to calm down people's disposition, and it was constructed during 747-749.
		Emperor Shyomu for locating here Rushayna god constructed the main temple of Todaiji Daibutsu Den in 752, but present Daibutsu Den was restored during Edo period.
	www.japan-center.mn /Training/culturexchangeenglish.htm (4321 words)

	BuddhaCam.com!! - Journal
		The king of Paekche, Korea, sent an image of me to Japanese Emperor Kimmei along with some sacred writings.
		When I thought about this for the first time it kind of made me laugh, because people will be studying Japanese art someday to see the Chinese style.
		Emperor Shômu just decided to issue an edict that orders every province to have a monistary built.
	www.buddhacam.com /journal.php (577 words)

	The Asuka Era 552-710
		This was accomplished by assassinating Soga-no-Iruka, the leader of the house of Soga, at a banquet.
		Emperor Tenji died in 671 leaving two apparent successors, one his elder son Prince Otomo and the other Prince Oama.
		The Taika Reforms were developed into a code known as the Ritsuryo under Emperor Tenmu and were later improved upon by his grandson, Mommu.
	www.bookmice.net /darkchilde/japan/jh1.html (756 words)

	Ikuno-ku/Spot
		It is said that Emperor Tenmu stayed for a while in Ootomo Village (old name of Shoji) during his visit to Naniwa (ancient Osaka) and that the shrine was built to commemorate the imperial visit.
		In 1942, the shrine was rebuilt in commemoration of the 2,600th anniversary of the accession of the first Emperor Jinmu, and the old name of Kiyomihara was restored.
		In the reign of Emperor Yomei, there was a rich man in Ikuno who had a deaf-mute child.
	www.city.osaka.jp /ikuno/english/spot/04.html (573 words)

	Station 22 - Ishinomaki Discussion
		According to one account this tree had withered and died some 40 years before Basho's visit, so a new one had been planted and some say this was the grave mound of the elder sister of Matsuura Sayo Hime and some say it is the grave mound of the elder sister of Ono no Komachi.
		When the gold was presented at court the event was celebrated by Otomo Iemochi who presented a choka to the emperor.
		The sense of the poem is to assert that the Emperor's reign will become increasingly prosperous as in the mountains of Michinoku in Azuma flowers of gold are blooming.
	darkwing.uoregon.edu /~kohl/basho/22-ishinomaki/discussion.html (1412 words)

	Shotoku Taishi Biography / Biography of Shotoku Taishi Main Biography
		emperor · seventeen · prince · buddhist · prodigious · statesman · poor health · noble families · personal names · prince shotoku · consort · royal succession · pleading · article constitution · shotoku taishi · labor pains · stable door
		Prince Shotoku was the second son of Emperor Yomei (Prince Oe) and his consort, Anahobe Hashihito.
		Emperor Yomei's love for his prodigious son was so great that he had the prince live in a specially reserved part of the palace known as the Jogu, or Upper Palace.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-shotoku-taishi (250 words)

	Yomei (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Emperor Yōmei (用明天皇) was the 31st imperial ruler of Japan
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		First, the federal government is about to spend one billion dollars banks closed since January 1, 1933, giving a liberal appraisal to.
	www.termsdefined.net /yo/yomei.html (255 words)

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