The Shoku Nihongi ( 続日本紀 ) is an imperially-commissioned Japanese history text. Completed in 797, it is the second of the Six National Histories , coming directly after the Nihon Shoki and followed by Nihon Kōki . Fujiwara no Tsugutada and Sugano no Mamichi served as the primary editors. It is one of the most important primary historical sources for information about Japan's Nara period .
12-455: The work covers the 95-year period from the beginning of Emperor Monmu 's reign in 697 until the 10th year of Emperor Kanmu 's reign in 791, spanning nine imperial reigns. It was completed in 797 AD. The text is forty volumes in length. It is primarily written in kanbun , a Japanese form of Classical Chinese , as was normal for formal Japanese texts at the time. However, a number of senmyō ( 宣命 ) or "imperial edicts" contained within
24-545: Is not traditionally listed. Empress of Japan The Empress of Japan is the title given to the wife of the Emperor of Japan or a female ruler in her own right. The current empress consort is Empress Masako , who ascended the throne with her husband on 1 May 2019. There were eight female imperial reigns (six empresses regnant including two who reigned twice) in Japan's early history between 593 and 770, and two more in
36-622: The Kojiki and Nihon Shoki chronicles in Japanese mythology , the Emperors of Japan are considered to be direct descendants of Amaterasu. 日葉酢媛命 播磨稲日大郎姫 八坂入媛命 Unless otherwise noted (as BC), years are in CE / AD individuals that were given the title of empress posthumously individuals elevated to the rank of empress due to their position as honorary mother of
48-726: The Emperor of Japan in pre- Meiji eras. In general, this elite group included only three to four men at a time. These were hereditary courtiers whose experience and background would have brought them to the pinnacle of a life's career. During Monmu's reign, this apex of the Daijō-kan included: Conventional modern scholarship seems to have determined that the years of Monmu's reign are encompassed within more than one era name or nengō . The initial years of Monmu's reign are not linked by scholars to any era or nengō . The Taika era innovation of naming time periods – nengō – languished until Monmu reasserted an imperial right by proclaiming
60-411: The age of 25. The actual site of Monmu's grave is known. This emperor is traditionally venerated at a memorial Shinto shrine ( misasagi ) at Nara. The Imperial Household Agency designates this location as Monmu's mausoleum . It is formally named Hinokuma no Ako no oka no e no misasagi . Kugyō ( 公卿 ) is a collective term for the very few most powerful men attached to the court of
72-519: The commencement of Taihō in 701. In this context, Brown and Ishida's translation of Gukanshō offers an explanation about the years of Empress Jitō's reign which muddies a sense of easy clarity in the pre-Taiho time-frame: Bunin : Fujiwara no Miyako (藤原宮子, d. 754), Fujiwara no Fuhito ’s daughter Hin : Ki no Kamado-no-iratsume (紀竃門娘) Hin : Ishikawa no Tone-no-iratsume (石川刀子娘) Unless otherwise noted (as BC), years are in CE / AD Imperial Consort and Regent Empress Jingū
84-500: The early modern period ( Edo period ). Although there were eight reigning empresses, with only one exception their successors were selected from amongst the males of the paternal Imperial bloodline. After many centuries, female reigns came to be officially prohibited only when the Imperial Household Law was issued in 1889 alongside the new Meiji Constitution . The eight historical empresses regnant are: Other than
96-419: The eight historical empresses regnant, two additional empress are traditionally believed to have reigned, but historical evidence for their reigns is scant and they are not counted among the officially numbered Emperors/Empresses regnant: Under Shinto religious influence, the goddess Amaterasu , who is of the highest rank in the kami system, might suggest that Japan's first rulers were women. According to
108-582: The emperor Shōshi served briefly as honorary empress for her younger brother Emperor Go-Daigo Unless otherwise noted (as BC), years are in CE / AD individuals that were given the title of empress dowager posthumously title removed in 896 due to a suspected affair with head priest of the Toko-ji Temple; title posthumously restored in 943 was made High Empress or de jure empress dowager during her husband's reign Years are in CE / AD individuals that were given
120-436: The text are written in a script known as "senmyō-gaki", which preserves particles and verb endings phonographically. This article about a non-fiction book on Japanese history is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Emperor Monmu Emperor Monmu ( 文武天皇 , Monmu- tennō , 683–707) was the 42nd emperor of Japan , according to the traditional order of succession . Monmu's reign spanned
132-490: The years from 697 through 707. Before his ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne , his personal name ( imina ) was Karu -shinnō . He was a grandson of Emperor Tenmu and Empress Jitō . He was the second son of Prince Kusakabe. Monmu's mother was Princess Abe, a daughter of Emperor Tenji . Monmu's mother would later accede to the throne herself, and she would be known as Empress Genmei. Karu -shinnō
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#1732765301390144-465: Was only six years old when his father, Crown Prince Kusakabe , died. Emperor Monmu ruled until his death in 707, at which point he was succeeded by his mother, Empress Genmei , who was also his first cousin once removed and his first cousin twice removed. He left a young son by Fujiwara no Miyako, a daughter of Fujiwara no Fuhito : Obito no miko (Prince Obito), who eventually became Emperor Shōmu . Emperor Monmu's reign lasted 10 years. He died at
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