Empress Suiko

Emperor of Japan
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Tugu Emperor (554~April 15, 628), formerly known as Eda Department, was Japan The 33rd generation emperor of Japan Her father is of the 29th generation Emperor Kimmei He became the first female emperor in Japanese history because of his paternal blood. In 576 AD, the Empress of Eta became Emperor Minda The queen of.
Tegu Mikado is the last of the first series of Japanese Mikado. The reign of Emperor Tugu began on January 15, 593( Emperor Sushun December 8, 2005), to April 15, 628 (March 7, 36th year of the Emperor《 Ancient notes 》It is recorded as the 37th year of Emperor Tugu [1] )。
Tuigu is the earliest female emperor in Japan, and also East Asia The earliest female monarch [2] He Feng's posthumous title was Ji Zun of Fengyu Shichuwu(《 nihon shoki 》)(It is recorded in the Ancient Chronicles that Feng Yu's cooking house was more than his life [1] )。
The Japanese Chronicle records that the ancient emperor was "pretty and in the right system". According to《 Sui Shu 》It is recorded that Tegu Mikado was the first Japanese monarch to use the title of "Mikado". [3] The records in the Ancient Chronicles ended in the era of the Emperor [1]
Chinese name
Empress Suiko
Foreign name
すいこてんのう
Alias
Fengyu Food Cooking House Jizun Eda Department, etc
Nationality
Japan
Ethnic groups
Daiwa family
date of birth
554 years
Date of death
April 15, 628
Occupation
monarch
Key achievements
The first woman in Japanese history emperor of Japan , Push the reform of the ancient dynasty
Gender
female
Father
Emperor Kimmei
Mother
Su Wujian Yanyuan
Husband
Emperor Minda
Brother
Emperor Minda, etc
Lingsuo
Jichang Mountain and Tianling

Character's Life

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Before enthronement

571( Emperor Kimmei 32 years), Department of forehead The Imperial Daughter Becomes a Brother with Different Mother Emperor Minda My concubine. In March of 576 AD (the 5th year of Emperor Minda), Empress Guangji died, and Empress Eda was named Queen. On September 15, 585 AD (August 15, 2014), when Empress Eda was 35 years old, Emperor Minda died. [4]
586( Use Tomorrow Emperor In May of the summer (the first year), the prince at the acupoint spike invaded Emperor Minda's Funeral palace The Empress Alta was saved by Sanlun Junni, a favorite of the Emperor Minda, and Sanlun Junni was killed.
Emperor Zhiming was in power for about two years, and after his death on April 9 (April 15 recorded in the Ancient Records) in 587 (the second year of Emperor Zhiming) The material department guards the house War with Su Wumazi, who is the leader of the majestic emperor Suwo Our victory is over. So the Empress Dowager (Empress Dowager of Eda Department) issued an imperial edict to Prince Poset( Emperor Sushun )Enthronement. But five years later, on November 3, 592 AD (Suijun 5th year), Emperor Chongjun was assassinated by an assassin instructed by Su Wumazi. [1]

Enthronement

On December 8, 592, Su Oumazi Empress Edabe, the empress of the previous generation, ascended the throne in the Fengpu Palace. At that time, she was 38 years old and was the earliest female emperor in Japanese history( Empress Jingu Fan Feng Qing Imperial Daughter Before that, it was in the history of Japan Person in power , but no official accession).
Emperor Sushun Suffered Su Oumazi After the instigator was killed, Otabe was elected emperor by Su Oumazi. At the beginning of his accession to the throne, he pushed the ancient emperor to appoint Prince Shengde as the crown prince, who was in charge of the government. During the 36 years of the Emperor's reign Prince Shengde Focus on promoting a series of Political reform It means pushing the reform of the ancient dynasty.
Su Oumazi was the uncle of Tugu Emperor. In 624 AD, he asked to cede Gecheng County directly under the imperial government, which was resolutely rejected by Tugu Emperor. In the early and late days of the Emperor's reign, he sent troops to attack several times Korean Peninsula Of Silla
The background is that the empress dowager wanted to support her son, Prince Takeda, but the son of the first empress Guangji, the eldest brother of the Akasahiko people (the father of Emperor Shuming), who was born to the first empress of Emperor Minda, was also very powerful against the Suwo family, so Su Wumazi and the empress dowager did not support Prince Takeda, Instead, the empress dowager's accession to the throne was the transitional emperor (but Prince Takeda soon died). [1-2]

Prince Shengde Regent

On April 10, 593 AD, the Emperor pushed the ancient emperor to take his nephew, the son of the stables, as the crown prince for regency. Prince Shengde The father is the brother of the Emperor Tugu's mother Use Tomorrow Emperor The mother of Prince Shengde is the stepsister of Emperor Tugu (and the birth mother of Prince Shengde and Emperor Tugu is the sister). After the death of Prince Takeda, Prince Shengde became the most trusted person among the blood relatives of Emperor Tuigu. [4]

Expropriation of Silla

In the spring of 600 AD (the eighth year of ancient times), Silla And Ren Na (controlled by Japan at that time). The Emperor of Tugu led more than ten thousand troops across the sea to attack Silla with the minister of Jingbu as the general and the minister of Suiji as the deputy general. The Japanese army captured five cities of Silla, and the Silla king sought peace and ceded Dodoro, Suniro, Fuzhigui, Weituo Nangaro , six cities of Aloro. After the ancient emperor called back the army on the Korean Peninsula, Silla attacked Renna again.
In the spring February of 602 AD (the 10th year of Tugu's reign), Prince Mu led an army of 25000 people to attack Silla in order to attack the general of Silla. In summer April, the general of Xinluo came to Zhuzi to gather ships to transport military rations. In June, Prince Laimu was seriously ill, so that the expedition of Silla was stopped.

Build Buddhist temples

Photo of Falong Temple [5]
In April of the summer of 605 AD (the 13th year of Tugu), the imperial edict of Tugu Prince Shengde Ministers, kings and officials jointly made vows to build six statues of Buddha in bronze and embroider one body each. He ordered Saddle to be a bird and a craftsman to make Buddha. At that time, Goguryeo King Daxing heard that the ancient Buddha statue was created in a big way, and he sent three hundred taels of gold.
In 606 AD (the 14th year of Tugu's reign), the bronze and embroidered six Buddhas in the Golden Hall of Yuanxing Temple were built. In May, he pushed the ancient emperor's edict Saddle to make a bird: "I want to promote the internal code, so I can build a Buddhist temple and pray for Buddhist relics. Your grandfather Sima and others used to offer Buddhist relics. Because there were no monks and nuns in Japan at that time, your father had to use the emperor of tomorrow to become a monk and revere Buddhism. Your aunt, the island lady, also became a monk at the beginning, and she is the teacher of Japanese nuns. Today I build six Buddhas for the sake of good Buddha statues. The Buddha statue you presented is very consistent with my heart. This is your credit. " Therefore, the court awarded the position and Near the river country Shuitian 20 cho, Bantian Prefecture.

Dispatch Sui envoys

In this way, under the rule of the just Empress, Prince Shengde gave full play to his talent, formulated the 12th rank of the crown (603 A.D.), 17 constitutions (604 A.D.), and prepared laws and organizations.
In 607 AD (the 15th year of Emperor Tugu), he sent Younger sister Ono To send envoys to the Sui Dynasty (In fact, the Japanese sent envoys to the Sui Dynasty in 600 years. However, there may be a 12 year error kentoshi )。 In the past, the Japanese sent envoys to China in order to obtain the legitimacy of political power from the Chinese emperor. This time, Ms. Ono sent envoys for the first time to emphasize the independence of Japan. In the second year, foreign students and monks were allowed to travel with envoys to the Sui Dynasty.

Old age and death

In 620 AD (the 28th year of the Emperor), Prince Shengde and Su Wumazi compiled and presented《 Mikado 》、《 National Records 》。 In 622 AD (the 30th year of the Emperor), Prince Shengde died at the age of 49.
In ancient times, the Emperor had a clear mind and balanced the forces of the Crown Prince, the stables keeper, and the Crown Prince and the minister, Su Wumazi, so as to avoid the resentment of the powerful families and skillfully plan for the survival of the royal power. It was the heyday of the Suwo family when the ancient emperor was in power, but the ancient emperor would not make concessions to his foreign relatives and important officials, Su Wumazi, to the detriment of national interests.
In 624 AD (the 32nd year of the Emperor), Su Oumazi hoped to obtain Gecheng County When the Emperor Tugu said, "You are my uncle, so if you give the land of the country to a private person, the future generations will judge me as a stupid woman, and you will be slandered as disloyal", and refused this request. [2]
In 626 AD (the 34th year of Emperor Tugu), Su Oumazi also died.
Empress Suiko
On April 15, 628 AD (March 7, 36th year of Emperor Tugu), Emperor Tugu died in Xiaokentian Palace at the age of 75. The day before his death, Emperor Tugu called Prince Tiancun, the direct grandson of Emperor Minda, to his pillow, warning him to be cautious and sensible. He also called his son, Prince Shanbei, the eldest brother, to his pillow, warning him to adopt others' opinions, and did not designate a successor. Among the eight female Mikado in Japan, Tuigu is the most prominent and widely praised by the Japanese society. [2]

Push the reform of the ancient dynasty

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stay Prince Shengde With the help of, the Tuigu Emperor carried out a series of reform measures. She vigorously strengthened the imperial power and restricted the power of the great nobility. She has taken many effective measures, roughly as follows:
1: The first is to strengthen support for Buddhism. 2: A new official system, the twelve rank system (Dade Xiaode , Daren, Xiaoren, Dali, Xiaoli, Daxin, Xiaoxin, Dayi, Xiaoyi, Dazhi, Xiaozhi, etc.). 3: We should strengthen our study and contact with China and try to establish equal diplomatic relations with China. 4: With the strong support of Tugu Emperor, Prince Shengde appointed《 Seventeen Article Constitution 》The 17 Articles of Constitution became Japan's earliest code of ethics for managing the country. [6]

Character influence

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Photos of the shrine offering sacrifices to the ancient emperor
U.S.A Cornell University John Piggott, an Asian history researcher based in Beijing, believes that the female emperor and Prince Shengde This combination of male regents is a complementary co governance based on the relationship between the ritual duties and the administrative practice. University of Chicago Joseph Beichuan, emeritus professor and scholar of religious history, believes that pushing the ancient emperor has Shaman The nature of the passive female supremacy who rules for a long time through consanguineous men, and Evil Horse Country It is similar to Peimihu. [2]

Family members

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Grandfather: Suwo Daomu
Uncle: Su Oumazi
Different mother, brother and husband: Emperor Minda
Tongmu Brother: Use Tomorrow Emperor
Different mother and cousin: Emperor Sushun
younger male cousin: Suwo Shrimp Feet (Su Wumazi's son, Soga Iruka Father)
Cousin: Su Wucang Ma Lu (son of Su Wumazi, Su Wo, Shichuan, Malu Brother Su Wuchi Su Wulian Father)
Female: Crown Daughter of Cuttlefish (Princess of Prince Shengde)
Son: Prince Takeda
Female: Xiao Kentian Huangnv( Takesahiko's eldest brother, Prince Imperial Concubine)
Son: Prince Weizhang (father of Daughter Orange, Princess of Prince Shengde)
Female: Tian Yan, Imperial Daughter (Shu Mingming, Imperial Concubine)
Nephew: The eldest brother of Shosahiko, the prince (the son of Emperor Minda, the father of Emperor Shuming, Huangji Emperor Emperor Kotoku Ancestor)
Nephew: Prince Nanbo (Son of Emperor Minda, Brother Ju Zhu Great ancestor of)
Nephew: Prince Shengde (using the son of tomorrow's emperor) [4] [7]