{"slug": "emperor-shomu", "label": "Emperor Shōmu", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Sh%C5%8Dmu", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q349263", "qid": "Q349263", "description": "Emperor of Japan", "entries": 9, "years": 8, "span": [701, 756], "span_label": ["701 CE", "756 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "japan", "label": "Japan", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "nara-nara", "label": "Nara, Nara", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "buddhism-in-japan", "label": "Buddhism in Japan", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "chinese-buddhism", "label": "Chinese Buddhism", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "emperor-of-japan", "label": "Emperor of Japan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "aristocracy", "label": "Aristocracy", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 701, "year_label": "701 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "September 22", "text": "September 22 – Shōmu, emperor of Japan (d. 756)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340806807#Births", "title": "701", "revid": 1340806807, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 724, "year_label": "724 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 3", "text": "March 3 – Empress Genshō abdicates the throne, in favor of her 23-year-old nephew, Prince Obito, who becomes the 45th monarch of Japan as the Emperor Shōmu. He is the son of the late Emperor Monmu.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340808653#By_date", "title": "724", "revid": 1340808653, "section": "Events › By date"}}, {"year": 726, "year_label": "726 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "The first annual Sumo tournament in Japan is held by Emperor Shōmu (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340808661#Asia", "title": "726", "revid": 1340808661, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 743, "year_label": "743 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Shōmu changes the law of Perpetual Ownership of Cultivated Lands. This permits aristocrats and members of the clergy to cultivate land. The new farmland will be called shoin.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364906425#Japan", "title": "743", "revid": 1364906425, "section": "Events › By place › Japan"}}, {"year": 749, "year_label": "749 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 19", "text": "August 19 – Emperor Shōmu abdicates the throne, after a 25-year reign that has been dominated by his wife (and aunt), Kōmyō, a commoner he married at age 16. He is succeeded by his daughter Kōken; Shōmu becomes the first retired emperor to become a Buddhist priest.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365938976#Japan", "title": "749", "revid": 1365938976, "section": "Events › By place › Japan"}}, {"year": 752, "year_label": "752 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Shōmu (retired since 749) takes part in the dedication ceremony of the Great Buddha, (15 metres) at Tōdai-ji in Nara (Japan), and declares himself a Buddhist.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340809787#Religion", "title": "752", "revid": 1340809787, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 754, "year_label": "754 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": null, "text": "Jianzhen, Chinese Buddhist monk, arrives in Nara, where he is welcomed by former emperor Shōmu and empress Kōmyō. During his visit Jianzhen introduces sugar to the Japanese court, using it to mask the flavors of foul-tasting herbal tea.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360259946#Asia", "title": "754", "revid": 1360259946, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 756, "year_label": "756 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 4", "text": "June 4 – Emperor Shōmu (retired since 749) dies at Nara. His wife Kōmyō dedicates over 600 items to the Great Buddha, and donates large sums of money to the Shōsō-in treasure (storehouse) in Tōdai-ji.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366654675#Japan", "title": "756", "revid": 1366654675, "section": "Events › By place › Japan"}}, {"year": 756, "year_label": "756 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 4", "text": "June 4 – Shōmu, emperor of Japan (b. 701)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366654675#Deaths", "title": "756", "revid": 1366654675, "section": "Deaths"}}]}