Genmei

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Genmei was an 8th-century Japanese empress of the Nara period known for establishing the capital at Heijō-kyō (present-day Nara).

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Empress of Japan
Japanese monarch
human
abdicationYear 715
associatedPeriod early Nara period
associatedPlace Heijō-kyō NERFINISHED
birthYear 661
burialPlace Nara NERFINISHED
capitalEstablished Heijō-kyō NERFINISHED
capitalLocation present-day Nara
child Genshō NERFINISHED
Monmu NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Japan
culture classical Japanese court culture
deathYear 721
era Nara period NERFINISHED
eraNameUsed Wadō NERFINISHED
father Tenji NERFINISHED
gender female
governmentTypeDuringReign ritsuryō state NERFINISHED
knownFor establishing the capital at Heijō-kyō
moving the Japanese capital to present-day Nara
languageOfRule Classical Japanese
monarchNumber 43rd monarch of Japan
mother Soga no Mei-no-iratsume NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage Japanese
nobleTitle Empress Genmei NERFINISHED
notableEventDuringReign discovery of copper in Musashi Province
promulgation of the Wadō coinage
notablePolicy promotion of Nara as permanent capital
positionHeld Empress regnant of Japan
predecessor Monmu NERFINISHED
reasonForAccession succession after the death of Emperor Monmu
regnalStatus empress regnant (not consort)
reignEnd 715
reignStart 707
religion Buddhism
Shinto
royalHouse Yamato dynasty NERFINISHED
spouse Prince Kusakabe NERFINISHED
styleOfAddress Tennō NERFINISHED
successor Genshō NERFINISHED
successorAsCapital Heian-kyō (later capital) NERFINISHED
Nagaoka-kyō (later capital) NERFINISHED
titleAtDeath Daijō Tennō NERFINISHED

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Empress Genmei givenName Genmei