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− | Asuka Emperor | + | *''Born: [[626]]'' |
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| + | *''Died: [[671]]'' |
| + | *''Reign: [[668]]-671'' |
| + | *''Other Names'': 葛城 ''(Kazuraki)'', 中大兄 ''(Naka no Ôe)'', 天命開別 ''(Ame Mikoto Hirakasu Wake)'' |
| + | *''Japanese:'' 天智天皇 ''(Tenji Tennô, or Tenchi Tennô)'' |
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| + | Emperor Tenji,<ref>Often rendered as Tenchi.</ref> known throughout most of his career as Prince Naka no Ôe, was one of the major political figures of the [[Asuka Period]]. |
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| + | He was the second prince born to [[Emperor Jomei]] 舒明天皇. |
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| + | In [[645]] with the help of Nakatomi no Kamatari 中臣鎌足 (later [[Fujiwara no Kamatari]]) he destroyed the [[Soga clan]] 蘇我氏. The same year he carried out the very significant [[Taika Reforms]]. After the death in [[661]] of his mother, the ruling emperor [[Empress Seimei]], he took the position of regent and in 667 moved the capital to Ôtsu no Miya in [[Omi province|Ômi province]], but did not actually ascend the throne till [[668]]. He created the [[Kogo Regiter|Kôgo-year Register of Families]], the first such nation-wide register, in [[670]], and promulgated the [[Omi Law Code|Ômi Law Code]]. |
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| + | Morris in ''[[The Nobility of Failure]]'' has a chapter discussing him as the "successful villain" in contrast to his cousin [[Arima no Miko]] 有間皇子, son of [[Emperor Kotoku|Emperor Kôtoku]], whom he executed on a rather doubtful charge of plotting a revolt. |
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| + | ==Notes & References== |
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| + | Source: |
| + | *[[Kojien Dictionary]] |
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| + | For the Taika Reforms see ''[[Sources of Japanese Tradition]]'' |
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| + | [[Category:Emperors|Tenji]] |
| + | [[Category:Asuka Period|Tenji]] |