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Japanese empress
Kuwashi-hime no Mikoto (細媛命, also read as Hoso-hime no Mikoto), was the empress of Emperor Kōrei. She is believed to be the birth mother of Emperor Kōgen.
Overview
In the text of the Nihon Shoki (The Chronicles of Japan), she is said to be the daughter of Omoku, the lord of Isogi Prefecture, while the Kojiki (The Records of Ancient Matters) says she was Hosohime, the daughter of Omoku, the founder of Juichi Prefecture.
In the first book of the Nihon Shoki, the empress of Emperor Koryō was Kasuga no Chihayamakahime, and in the second book it was Mashitahime, the ancestor of the Juichi prefectures.
Related historical documents
Taro Sakamoto and Kunio Hirano, The Ancient Japanese Biographical Dictionary (Yoshikawa Kobunkan).
"A Genealogical Directory of the Emperor's Family" (Shinninjin Oraisha).
There are two ways this name is transcribed: "Ika-gashiko-me" is used by Tsutomu Ujiya, while "Ika-shiko-me" is used by William George Aston.
References
According to the Hosohime no Mikoto section of the Dictionary of Ancient Japanese Clans and Personal Names, Popular Edition (Yoshikawa Kobunkan, 2010).
Philippi, Donald L. (2015). Kojiki. Princeton University Press. pp. 104–112.
Atsushi, Kadoya; Tatsuya, Yumiyama (20 October 2005). "Ōkuninushi". Encyclopedia of Shinto. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
Unless otherwise noted (as BC), years are in CE / AD
individuals that were given the title of empress posthumously
individuals elevated to the rank of empress due to their position as honorary mother of the emperor
Shōshi served briefly as honorary empress for her younger brother Emperor Go-Daigo
Unless otherwise noted (as BC), years are in CE / AD
individuals that were given the title of empress dowager posthumously
title removed in 896 due to a suspected affair with head priest of the Toko-ji Temple; title posthumously restored in 943
was made High Empress or de jure empress dowager during her husband's reign