Empress Genshō

Empress of Japan

Hidaka 683 Asuka, Japan

May 22, 748(748-05-22) (64–65) Nara, Japan

Posthumous nameJapanese style: Yamato-neko-takamizukiyotarashihime no Sumeramikoto (日本根子高瑞浄足姫天皇 ) Chinese style: Empress Genshō (元正天皇 )

44th monarch and 5th empress of Japan (reigned 715-724) "Gensho" redirects here. For the Boris with Merzbow album, see Gensho (album). Empress of Japan Empress Genshō 元正天皇 Empress of JapanReignOctober 3, 715 – March 3, 724PredecessorGenmeiSuccessorShōmuBornHidaka (氷高 or 日高 ) 683 Asuka, JapanDiedMay 22, 748(748-05-22) (aged 64–65) Nara, JapanBurialNahoyama no nishi no misasagi (Nara)HouseYamatoFatherPrince KusakabeMotherEmpress Genmei Empress Genshō (元正天皇 , Genshō-tennō, 683 – May 22, 748) was the 44th monarch of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Her reign spanned the years 715 through 724. Genshō was the fifth of eight women to take on the role of empress regnant, and the only one in the history of Japan to have inherited her title from another empress regnant rather than from a male predecessor. The four female monarchs before Genshō were Suiko, Kōgyoku, Jitō and Genmei; the three women sovereigns reigning after her were Kōken, Meishō, and Go-Sakuramachi.