Empress Jitō (持統天皇, Jitō-tennō, 645 – 13 January 703) was the 41st monarch of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Jitō's reign spanned...

September 686. The reigning sovereigns were Tenmu-tennō (天武天皇) and Jitō-tennō (持統天皇). In 686, also known as Shuchō gannen (朱鳥元年), the new era name referred to...

administrator, and waka poet in the Nara period (surname: Abe) Empress Jitō 持統天皇 (645–703; 702 in the lunisolar calendar used in Japan until 1873), 41st imperial...

Crown Prince Kusakabe, died. 697: In the 10th year of Jitō-tennō's reign (持統天皇十年), the empress abdicated; and the succession (senso) was received by a grandson...

and Emperor Kinmei (r. 539–571), among others. The terms Tennō ('Emperor', 天皇), as well as Nihon ('Japan', 日本), were not adopted until the late 7th century...

(天智天皇) Empress Jitō (持統天皇) Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (柿本人麻呂) Yamabe no Akahito (山部赤人) Sarumaru Dayū (猿丸大夫) Middle Counselor Yakamochi (中納言家持) Abe no Nakamaro...

Father: Emperor Tenmu (天武天皇, c. 631 – 1 October 686) Mother: Empress Jitō (持統天皇, 645 – 13 January 703), Emperor Tenji’s daughter Wife: Princess Abe/Ahe (阿閇皇女)...

Emperor Jomei's son, Naka no Ōe, as Emperor Tenji. Unonosasara, Empress Jitō (持統天皇 Jitō Tennō) was the 41st imperial ruler of Japan, and ruled from 686 until...

Ōkimi (額田王, fl. 630–690), Japanese poet of the Asuka period Empress Jitō (持統天皇, 645–702), Japanese poet and empress Jindeok of Silla (진덕여왕, fl. 647–654)...

Northern dynasty is also referred to as the "senior line" or the Jimyōin line (持明院統, Jimyōin-tō); Jimyō-in was a temple and retirement residence of this line's...