Empress Kōmyō
consort empress of Japan
6 dated entries naming Empress Kōmyō, drawn from 6 separate years between 701 CE and 760 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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8th century
- 701Kōmyō, empress of Japan (d. 760)source
- 747Empress Kōmyō founds the Shin-Yakushi-ji Buddhist temple in Nara (Japan).source
- 749August 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.source
- 754Jianzhen, 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.source
- 756June 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.source
- 760Kōmyō, empress of Japan (b. 701)source
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- Nara, Nara (3)
- Emperor Shōmu (3)
- Japan (2)
- Buddhism in Japan (1)
- Empress Kōken (1)
- Chinese Buddhism (1)