Kasuga no Iratsume explained

Consort:yes
Kasuga no Iratsume
Succession:Empress consort of Japan
Reign:499–507
Spouse:Emperor Buretsu
Royal House:Imperial House of Japan

Kasuga no Iratsume (? – fl. 507) was Empress of Japan as the consort of Emperor Buretsu.[1]

She is the only Japanese empress consort whose parents are unknown.

Notes and References

  1. Anston, W.G. (1896). Transactions and Proceedings of The Japan Society, London. Supplement I. Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697. Vol. 1. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trüber, & Co.