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Temmu 14 (天武十四年) / Shuchô 1 (朱鳥元年) *686/7/4 In an effort to gain Buddhist merit for [[Emperor Temmu]], who was dying, tribute (taxes) in kind were halved across the [[Yamato s

...ace in [[672]] between [[Emperor Tenji|Emperor Tenji's]] brother [[Emperor Temmu|Prince Ôama]] and Tenji's son [[Prince Otomo|Prince Ôtomo]]. Ôama eventually defeated his nephew, and took the throne as Emperor Temmu, ruling until [[686]].

...es to control the succession extended, too, to falsely accusing another of Temmu's sons, [[Prince Otsu|Prince Ôtsu]], of plotting against the throne. ...as [[Emperor Monmu]]. Following her own death, Jitô was perhaps the first Emperor/Empress to be cremated, setting a new precedent for imperial burials which

Kôbun 2 (弘文二年) / Temmu 1 (天武元年) ...Ôtomo]] in the [[Jinshin War]], Prince Ôama takes the throne as [[Emperor Temmu]].

Temmu 11 (天武十一年) *[[Emperor Temmu]] outlaws the use of ''[[currency|mumon ginsen]]'' (unmarked silver coins).

Princess Ôku was a High Priestess of [[Ise Shrine]], and sister of [[Emperor Temmu]].

*[[Jinshin War]] - [[Emperor Temmu|Prince Ôama]] organizes a rebellion and struggles against [[Prince Otomo|P *[[Emperor Kobun|Emperor Kôbun]] dies (b. [[648]]).

...first to be bestowed titles in this manner were many who supported Emperor Temmu in the [[Jinshin War]] of [[672]].

...n the shores of the [[Iware Pond]], a site associated with [[Emperor Yomei|Emperor Yômei]]. Just before his death, he is said to have tearfully composed a po

...ashige]], who in the 7th Century incurred the displeasure of the [[Emperor Temmu]] and was exiled to Shimotsuke. The Haga branched off from the Utsunomiya m

...ed to Shogun [[Tokugawa Ienobu]], it covers the period from the reign of [[Emperor Montoku]] (r. [[850]]-[[858]]) through that of [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] in th ...iting that Imperial rule had been lacking in integrity since the time of [[Emperor Go-Daigo]], that the samurai were the only ones who for centuries "strove t

Temmu 13 (天武十三年) *[[Emperor Xuanzong]] of [[Tang Dynasty|Tang]] is born (d. [[762]]).

...ird volumes relating the supposed history of the reigns of the legendary [[Emperor Jimmu]] (660 BCE - ?) down through the today more historically verified [[E

...ved as regent for [[Empress Suiko]] and later took the throne himself as [[Emperor Tenji]], played a major role in establishing key law codes and governmental ...power. Ôama eventually defeated his nephew, and took the throne as Emperor Temmu, ruling until [[686]].

...a claimed descent from the [[Kusakabe clan]], descendants of the [[Emperor Temmu]]. They settled in [[Tajima province]] during the [[Heian Period]] and took

...ellers"), poetic references alongside the Imperial Court as heaven and the Emperor as the sun.<ref>Arai Hakuseki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), Told Round a Brushwo ==Cap Ranks of [[Emperor Kotoku|Kōtoku Tennō]]==

The hereditary monarch of Japan is commonly referred to in English as the "emperor." In addition to his secular political role, the ''tennô'' is also conside Though the spiritual status of the emperor today is largely the result of the [[Meiji period]] reinvention of the posi

...d. Three years later, in 672, the [[Jinshin War]] broke out, and [[Emperor Temmu|Prince Ôama]] succeeded to the throne. The Nakatomi and their descendants ..., and later as the guardian of her grandson, who would eventually become [[Emperor Mommu]]. Fuhito's daughter, [[Fujiwara Miyako|Miyako]], was chosen, along w

...at face-value. Neither can the presented dates for those before reign of [[Emperor Kimmei]], who ruled from [[539]] to [[571]]<ref>Funke, Mark C. Hitachi no K ...] is believed to have been the first "historical" Emperor (being the first Emperor to rule in the growing [[Yamato province|Yamato]] region) after the tribal

...'' which were valued by their actual weight in silver, and which [[Emperor Temmu]] outlawed in [[683]], the ''fuhonsen'' were fiat money (face value). ...ations until the mid-16th. Coins associated with the reign of the [[Yongle Emperor]] (1403-1425) were particularly numerous in Japan due to the close Sino-Jap