Empress Jitō

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Empress Jitō was an 8th-century Japanese sovereign of the Asuka period known for consolidating imperial authority and overseeing the transition of the capital to Fujiwara-kyō.

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instanceOf Japanese empress
human
sovereign of Japan
abdicationYear 697
associatedWithEvent development of Fujiwara-kyō as Japan’s first full-scale planned capital
birthCentury 7th century
burialPlace Kaga no oka no e no misasagi
Nara Prefecture
capitalMovedTo Fujiwara-kyō
linked to: Fujiwara-kyō site
capitalRelocation Asuka-kyō to Fujiwara-kyō
child Emperor Monmu
chronology 41st monarch of Japan according to traditional order
coRuledWith Prince Kusakabe (as crown prince and designated heir)
country Japan
deathCentury 8th century
dynasty Yamato dynasty
era Asuka period
early 8th century Japan
late 7th century Japan
father Emperor Tenji
gender female
givenName Uno
governmentForm ritsuryō state
house Imperial House of Japan
knownFor consolidation of imperial authority
continuing the reforms of the Asuka period
overseeing the transition of the capital to Fujiwara-kyō
language Old Japanese
mother Soga no Ochi-no-iratsume
policy strengthening centralized imperial rule
positionHeld Empress of Japan
sovereign of the Yamato court
posthumousName Jitō
linked to: Emperor Jito
predecessor Emperor Tenmu
predecessorInOffice Emperor Tenmu
reignEnd 697
reignStart 686
religion Buddhism
Shinto
spouse Emperor Tenmu
styleOfAddress Tennō
successor Emperor Monmu
successorDesignated Emperor Monmu
successorInOffice Emperor Monmu
title Daijō Tennō

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Empress Genmei mother Empress Jitō
Emperor Monmu predecessor Empress Jitō
Emperor Monmu relative Empress Jitō
Empress Genshō grandmother Empress Jitō
Emperor Tenmu successor Empress Jitō
Emperor Tenmu spouse Empress Jitō
Prince Kusakabe mother Empress Jitō
Prince Kusakabe relative Empress Jitō
Prince Kusakabe successor Empress Jitō
Man'yōshū poets notableMember Empress Jitō
Fujiwara-kyō site associatedWith Empress Jitō
Asuka Kiyomihara Code promulgatedBy Empress Jitō
ritsuryō system implementedBy Empress Jitō
Karu grandmother Empress Jitō
Monmu predecessor Empress Jitō
Monmu grandmother Empress Jitō
Hidaka-hime relative Empress Jitō
Genshō-tennō relative Empress Jitō
Genshō relative Empress Jitō