Empress consort of Japan
Yasakairi-hime (八坂入媛命) wasempress consort of Japan from 122 to 132, and laterempress dowager from 132 until her death.[ 1] [ 2] Her father was Yasakairihiko no Mikoto, and her grandfather wasEmperor Sujin .[ 3] [ 4]
Yasakairi-hime's father was a governor of a province, and she and her sister, Otohime were said to be very beautiful.[ 5] In 122,Emperor Keikō 's wife,Harima no Inabi no Ōiratsume died.[ 1] After her death, the Emperor visited the province that her father was the governor of, and met his two daughters, Yasakairi-hime, and Otohime. While both were beautiful, the Emperor thought Yasakairi-hime was especially beautiful, and so he took her as his wife instead of Otohime.[ 3] [ 5] In July of 122, she was made empress consort of Japan.[ 6] She was also the birth mother ofEmperor Seimu .[ 3] [ 5] [ 7] In 132 the Emperor died. Upon his death, his son became the Emperor and she became the Empress Dowager.[ 3] [ 5] [ 7]
Genealogy of early Japanese emperors and empresses
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Unless otherwise noted (as BC), years are inCE / AD 1 individuals that were given the title of empress dowager posthumously2 title removed in 896 due to a suspected affair with head priest of the Toko-ji Temple; title posthumously restored in 9433 was made High Empress orde jure empress dowager during her husband's reign