{"slug": "empress-jito", "label": "Empress Jitō", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_Jit%C5%8D", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q232026", "qid": "Q232026", "description": "Empress of Japan (645-703)", "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [645, 707], "span_label": ["645 CE", "707 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "japan", "label": "Japan", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "emperor-tenmu", "label": "Emperor Tenmu", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "nara-prefecture", "label": "Nara Prefecture", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "asuka-yamato", "label": "Asuka, Yamato", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 645, "year_label": "645 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Jitō, empress of Japan (d. 703)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1347973672#Births", "title": "645", "revid": 1347973672, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 680, "year_label": "680 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": null, "text": "In Japan, Princess Uno Sarara is unwell, and Emperor Tenmu begins the erection of the Temple of Yakushi-ji (Nara Prefecture). He makes 100 people enter religion as priests, wishing her to recover her health.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1331672551#Asia", "title": "680", "revid": 1331672551, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 686, "year_label": "686 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 1", "text": "October 1 – Emperor Tenmu of Japan dies after a 13-year reign, and is succeeded by his widow (and niece), Empress Jitō. She will reign until 697.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367994465#Asia", "title": "686", "revid": 1367994465, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 694, "year_label": "694 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Asuka, imperial capital of Japan, is abandoned by Empress Jitō. She moves her court to Fujiwara-kyō (Nara Prefecture).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340806245#Asia", "title": "694", "revid": 1340806245, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 697, "year_label": "697 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Empress Jitō abdicates the throne in favor of the 14-year-old Monmu (grandson of late emperor Tenmu). During her 11-year reign she has established the foundations of law in Japan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361010652#Asia", "title": "697", "revid": 1361010652, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 703, "year_label": "703 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 13", "text": "January 13 – Jitō, empress of Japan (b. 645)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340807078#Deaths", "title": "703", "revid": 1340807078, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 707, "year_label": "707 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "July 18", "text": "July 18 – Emperor Monmu dies after a 10-year reign. He is succeeded by his aunt Genmei, who becomes the 43rd empress of Japan. She is the sister of former empress Jitō, and the niece and wife of late emperor Tenmu.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340807099#Asia", "title": "AD 707", "revid": 1340807099, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}]}