Kuwashi-hime no Mikoto (細媛命; also read as Hoso-hime no Mikoto),[1] was the empress of Emperor Kōrei. She was also the birth mother of Emperor Kōgen.
Life
Kuwashi-hime, was born as the daughter to the governor of Ise Province.[2] She married Emperor Kōrei and gave birth to Emperor Kōgen. However, little information exists about her. Her husband belongs to a group of Emperor's known as "Kesshi-hachidai" or "eight generations lacking history".[3] As such there is little information about her and her husband.
Notes
References
↑According to the Hosohime no Mikoto section of the Dictionary of Ancient Japanese Clans and Personal Names, Popular Edition (Yoshikawa Kobunkan, 2010).
↑Chamberlain, B. H. (1932) “Translation of the Kojiki.” Kobe: J.L. Thompson & Co.
↑Aston. W.G. (1896) “Nihongi Volume 1: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to AD697”. Tuttle Publishing.
Unless otherwise noted (as BC), years are in CE/AD1 individuals that were given the title of empress posthumously
2 individuals elevated to the rank of empress due to their position as honorary mother of the emperor
3 Shōshi served briefly as honorary empress for her younger brother Emperor Go-Daigo
Unless otherwise noted (as BC), years are in CE/AD1 individuals that were given the title of empress dowager posthumously
2 title removed in 896 due to a suspected affair with head priest of the Toko-ji Temple; title posthumously restored in 943
3 was made High Empress or de jure empress dowager during her husband's reign
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