{"slug": "empress-suiko", "label": "Empress Suiko", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_Suiko", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q298057", "qid": "Q298057", "description": "Empress of Japan from 592 to 628", "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [554, 629], "span_label": ["554 CE", "629 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 4}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "japan", "label": "Japan", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "china", "label": "China", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "sui-dynasty", "label": "Sui dynasty", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "buddhism-in-japan", "label": "Buddhism in Japan", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "confucianism", "label": "Confucianism", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "emperor-yang-of-sui", "label": "Emperor Yang of Sui", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 554, "year_label": "554 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Suiko, empress of Japan (d. 628)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364904137#Births", "title": "554", "revid": 1364904137, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 592, "year_label": "592 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "December 8", "text": "December 8 – Emperor Sushun of Japan is murdered after 5 years on the throne by agents of his rival Umako Soga, who is jealous of the emperor's power. He is succeeded by Suiko, widow of the late emperor Bidatsu.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364754934#Asia", "title": "592", "revid": 1364754934, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 593, "year_label": "593 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Empress Suiko begins a long reign during a pivotal period, in which Buddhism influences the development and culture of Japan. She is the first female ruler and the first to receive official recognition from China.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364755561#Asia", "title": "593", "revid": 1364755561, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 594, "year_label": "594 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Empress Suiko issues the \"Flourishing Three Treasures Edict\", officially recognizing the practice of Buddhism in Japan. She begins diplomatic relations with the Sui dynasty (China).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364756331#Asia", "title": "594", "revid": 1364756331, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 604, "year_label": "604 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Prince Shotoku, imperial regent of Empress Suiko, issues a Seventeen-article constitution, based on both Confucian and Buddhist principles in Japan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364754628#Asia", "title": "604", "revid": 1364754628, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 607, "year_label": "607 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 1", "text": "August 1 – Empress Suiko appoints Ono no Imoko as official envoy to the Sui Court (Japanese missions to Imperial China). She sends him to pay tribute to Emperor Yángdi, and let him deliver the famous letter from prince-regent Shōtoku which begins: \"The Son of Heaven where the sun rises (Japan), to the Son of Heaven where the sun sets (China), may good health be with you.\" (Traditional Japanese date: July 3, 607).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340802681#Asia", "title": "607", "revid": 1340802681, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 628, "year_label": "628 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 15", "text": "April 15 – Suiko, empress of Japan", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340803502#Deaths", "title": "628", "revid": 1340803502, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 629, "year_label": "629 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Jomei succeeds his great aunt, empress Suiko, and ascends to the throne of Japan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340803532#Asia", "title": "629", "revid": 1340803532, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}]}