Emperor Kōtoku
Emperor of Japan (596–654, r. 645–654)
8 dated entries naming Emperor Kōtoku, drawn from 7 separate years between 596 CE and 654 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.
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7th century
- 645Empress Kōgyoku is forced to abdicate the throne in favor of her younger brother Kōtoku, age 49, who becomes the 36th emperor of Japan.source
- 646Emperor Kōtoku makes a decree about the policies of building tombs. He discontinues the old customs of sacrificing people in honor of a dead man, and forbids ill-considered rituals about purgation.source
- 649Emperor Kōtoku has Soga no Kurayamada accused of treason. He strangles himself at the temple of Yamada-dera. Other relatives of the Soga clan are captured and executed.source
- 650Emperor Kōtoku is presented a white pheasant; he is pleased and begins a new Japanese era name (nengō) to be called Hakuchi, meaning 'The White Pheasant'.source
- 653Emperor Kōtoku sends an embassy to the court of the Tang dynasty in China. Japanese ambassadors, priests and students sail for the capital Chang'an, but some of the ships are lost en route.source
- 654November 24 – Kōtoku, emperor of Japan (b. 596)source
- 654November 24 – Emperor Kōtoku dies after a 9-year reign; Kōgyoku (his elder sister) is restored on the throne under the name Saimei.source
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- Empress Kōgyoku (2)
- China (1)
- Tang dynasty (1)
- Chang'an (1)
- Diplomatic mission (1)
- Soga clan (1)
- Japanese era name (1)