Kuwashi-hime
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| Kuwashi-hime 細媛命 | |
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| Empress consort of Japan | |
| Tenure | 289 – 214 BC |
| Empress dowager of Japan | |
| Tenure | appointed in 214 BC |
| Spouse | Emperor Kōrei |
| Issue | Emperor Kōgen |
| Father | Shikinoagatanushi no Oome [ja] |
Kuwashi-hime no Mikoto (細媛命; also read as Hoso-hime no Mikoto),[1] was the empress of Emperor Kōrei. She was also the birth mother of Emperor Kōgen.
Kuwashi-hime, was born as the daughter to the governor of Ise Province.[2] She married Emperor Kōrei and gave birth to Emperor Kōgen. However, little information exists about her. Her husband belongs to a group of Emperor's known as "Kesshi-hachidai" or "eight generations lacking history".[3] As such there is little information about her and her husband.
Notes
References
- ↑ According to the Hosohime no Mikoto section of the Dictionary of Ancient Japanese Clans and Personal Names, Popular Edition (Yoshikawa Kobunkan, 2010).
- ↑ Chamberlain, B. H. (1932) “Translation of the Kojiki.” Kobe: J.L. Thompson & Co.
- ↑ Aston. W.G. (1896) “Nihongi Volume 1: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to AD697”. Tuttle Publishing.
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| Preceded by | Empress consort of Japan 289–214 BC |
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| Preceded by Oshihime |
Empress dowager of Japan appointed in 214 BC |
Succeeded by Utsushikome |
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gou_Flag.svg) Unless otherwise noted (as BC), years are in CE / AD 1 individuals that were given the title of empress dowager posthumously 2 title removed in 896 due to a suspected affair with head priest of the Toko-ji Temple; title posthumously restored in 943 3 was made High Empress or de jure empress dowager during her husband's reign | |||||||||