Hirohime Explained

Consort:yes
Succession:Empress consort of Japan
Reign:572–575
Spouse:Emperor Bidatsu
Issue:
  • Prince Oshisako no Hikohito no Ōe
  • Princess Sakanobori
  • Princess Uji
Royal House:Imperial House of Japan
Father:Prince Okinaga-no-Mate
Death Date:575

Hirohime (died 575) was Empress of Japan as the consort of Emperor Bidatsu.[1] [2]

Hirohime was Prince Okinaga-no-Mate's daughterHirohime and Bidatsu's had a son, Prince Oshisaka Hikohito, who then had his own son, Prince Tamura, who became the Emperor Jomei.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. 「息長墓」 『日本歴史地名大系 25 滋賀県の地名』平凡社、1991年。ISBN 4582490255。
  2. Tadanao . Yamamoto . Edwards . Walter . October 1995 . Early Buddhist temples in Japan: Roof-tile manufacture and the social basis of temple construction . World Archaeology . 27 . 2 . 336–353 . 10.1080/00438243.1995.9980311 . 0043-8243.
  3. Book: McCallum, Donald F. . The Four Great Temples: Buddhist Archaeology, Architecture, and Icons of Seventh-Century Japan . 2008-11-30 . University of Hawaii Press . 978-0-8248-6473-6 . en.