Genmei

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Genmei was an 8th-century Japanese empress of the Nara period known for establishing the capital at Heijō-kyō (present-day Nara).

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Label Occurrences
Genmei canonical 2

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Empress of Japan ⓘ
Japanese monarch ⓘ
human ⓘ
abdicationYear 715 ⓘ
associatedPeriod early Nara period ⓘ
associatedPlace Heijō-kyō ⓘ
linked to: Nara
birthYear 661 ⓘ
burialPlace Nara ⓘ
capitalEstablished Heijō-kyō ⓘ
linked to: Nara
capitalLocation present-day Nara ⓘ
child Genshō ⓘ
Monmu ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Japan ⓘ
culture classical Japanese court culture ⓘ
deathYear 721 ⓘ
era Nara period ⓘ
eraNameUsed Wadō ⓘ
father Tenji ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
governmentTypeDuringReign ritsuryō state ⓘ
linked to: ritsuryō system
knownFor establishing the capital at Heijō-kyō ⓘ
moving the Japanese capital to present-day Nara ⓘ
languageOfRule Classical Japanese ⓘ
monarchNumber 43rd monarch of Japan ⓘ
mother Soga no Mei-no-iratsume ⓘ
nativeLanguage Japanese ⓘ
nobleTitle Empress Genmei ⓘ
notableEventDuringReign discovery of copper in Musashi Province ⓘ
promulgation of the Wadō coinage ⓘ
notablePolicy promotion of Nara as permanent capital ⓘ
positionHeld Empress regnant of Japan ⓘ
predecessor Monmu ⓘ
reasonForAccession succession after the death of Emperor Monmu ⓘ
regnalStatus empress regnant (not consort) ⓘ
reignEnd 715 ⓘ
reignStart 707 ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Shinto ⓘ
royalHouse Yamato dynasty ⓘ
spouse Prince Kusakabe ⓘ
styleOfAddress Tennō ⓘ
successor Genshō ⓘ
successorAsCapital Heian-kyō (later capital) ⓘ
Nagaoka-kyō (later capital) ⓘ
linked to: Nagaoka-kyō
titleAtDeath Daijō Tennō ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Empress Genmei → givenName → Genmei ⓘ
Genmei-tennō → alsoKnownAs → Genmei ⓘ