Fujiwara clan
Fujiwara Michinaga
(966-1027) Minister of Public Affairs in the mid-Heian period of Japan. The name of Dharma is Observation of Action and Awareness of Action. From 986 to 991, he served as Shaonayan, Quanzhong Nayan, Quan Dagna and other officials. In 995, he was appointed Minister of Internal Affairs and Right, and in the following year he was appointed Minister of Left. Starting from 1000, five daughters were successively sent to the inner palace. Among them, Akiko became the emperor and empress of Ichijo, Enko became the emperor and empress of Sanjo, and Weizi became the emperor and empress of Ichijo. Therefore, he became a relative of three emperors and always ranked first among the ministers, no different from Guan Bai. In 1017, he transferred the regent position to Zi Laitong and appointed himself as the Minister of Taizheng. When Fujiwara Michinaga and his son served as regents, the Guanbai period was the heyday of the Fujiwara family's autocratic power. In 1019, he became a monk due to illness. Facheng Temple was built in 1022, and he lived here in his later years; therefore, it is known as "Midang Guanbai" and "Facheng Temple Regent". He is the author of the diary "Midōkan Hakuki", which is an important historical material of the Fujiwara clan's heyday.
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Fujiwara Fujiwara and others
(659-720) Duke of Japan in the Nara period. Son of Kamazu Fujiwara. Also known as Wen Zhonggong. In 689, he was appointed judge. In 700, he was ordered to participate in the compilation of "Da Bao Ling", which was completed the following year. In 708, he was appointed Minister of the Right. In 710, he participated in the relocation of the capital to Heijo-kyo and moved the Sangye Temple, the headquarters of Hosho Sect, to the new capital and renamed it Kofukuji Temple as a clan temple. In 718, he was promoted to the minister of Taizheng. In the same year, he presided over the completion of the compilation of the "Laws on Elderly Care". She has a close relationship with the imperial family and her power in the court continues to grow. Miyako, the daughter from her first marriage, became the wife of Emperor Bunmu. Mitsuko, the daughter from her second wife, became Emperor Shomu's empress, laying the foundation for the Fujiwara clan to become a relative of the imperial family. His four sons all held important positions and were important ministers of the imperial court (later known as the "Four Fujiwara Households"). After his death, he was named Danhai Gong.
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The emergence of the samurai class in Japan
The emergence of the samurai class
In Japan in the 12th century, the nobility began to lose the power to dominate politics. The rise of the nobility was accompanied by the emergence of new institutions of political authority and control of land. As the struggle between the imperial family and the Fujiwara clan intensified, emerging samurai groups began to enter the political arena.
Samurai Armor
The formation of the samurai group is inseparable from the disintegration of the centralized system headed by the emperor and the development of the manor system. Due to the widespread establishment of manors, conflicts and struggles between manors increased day by day. In order to expand their territory, manor owners often seized other people's land; lords whose land was seized by others resorted to force to protect their own interests. So some villagers were armed. At first, they were both farmers and warriors, mainly farmers; later they became professional warriors.
The decline of central administrative and protective agencies has made it common for private individuals to carry weapons for self-defense. Moreover, due to the implementation of the conscription system, members of the Koji family or the village officials also carried weapons privately when serving in the military. Gradually, the nobility themselves became the samurai class, receiving military training, participating in wars, and serving the existing authority system to curb local unrest. As they were called to participate in intensive military operations, samurai tended to gradually form groups and units. Most of them are surrounded by a certain leader - in the "country", a person's prestige comes from the combination of his own martial arts and status. Therefore, those who can stand out in the country are mostly the descendants of the prominent families in the court who were sent to the government. They moved out of the capital and came to the local areas just to seek opportunities to serve as local officials. Among the new samurai groups, the prestige of the Fujiwara clan, the Genji clan and the Heira clan is the most prominent.
The manors of temples and shrines organize their own "monk soldiers" and also join the disputes in the world of mortals. Monks and soldiers relied on the power of gods and Buddhas to take whatever they wanted, and even joined the samurai group to intervene in the power struggle against the imperial court. In order to maintain order, the local government also began to arm itself, recruiting local wealthy families to form local armed forces, called the Lang Party.
The nobles were defeated by the tyranny of the monk soldiers and had to rely on the strength of the samurai. Stimulated by various factors, the samurai got the opportunity to enter the central political circles.
After the emergence of samurai, they gradually moved from dispersion to concentration, gathering under the banner of the most powerful nobles in a region to form a samurai group. The union of the samurai group has two relationships: family and clan master. Strict discipline and absolute obedience are the first priorities. Ethical concepts such as loyalty and dedication are gradually formed. The so-called "bushido spirit". A Westerner describes Bushido from the perspective of a bystander: "Killing for honor, being lenient to the punished and the defeated, showing no mercy to the despicable and profit-seeking people, mainly appreciating the artificial poetic artistic beauty in life and the underworld after death." The quiet world like moonlight, this is Bushido."
The samurai group was finally concentrated under the two families of the Genji and the Heira clan.
Tada Shrine
Both the Genji and the Heira clan are descendants of the royal family. The Minamoto clan originated in 814, when Emperor Saga gave the surname to the princes and called them Minamoto court officials. Since then, 14 generations of emperors from Junwa to Sanjo have successively given the surname Minamoto to their descendants. Among the many Genji, the Seiwa Genji is the most famous. This branch of the Genji began in 961 with Minamoto Suiki, the grandson of Emperor Seiwa, and has been based in Kansai for a long time. The Ping family is also a surname given to the royal family. There are four Ping families including Huanwu, Renming, Wende and Guangxiao. Among them, the Kanmuhei clan is the most powerful. Its ancestor originated from King Kowang, the great-grandson of Emperor Kanmu, who has lived in the Kanto region for generations.
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Emperor Gosanjo
The 71st Emperor: Emperor Gosanjo (1034-1073) (reigned 1068-1072)
< p>In 1068, Emperor Go-Sanjo ascended the throne. This was the only emperor in the 170 years since Emperor Uta who had no blood relationship with the Fujiwara clan. He and his biological mother have been bullied by the Fujiwara family since he was a child. For more than 20 years after becoming the crown prince, his status was not stable. Therefore, Emperor Go-Sanjo no longer wanted to be a puppet of the Fujiwara family. After he ascended the throne, he devoted himself to restoring the emperor's personal rule that had been suspended for a century. He later reformed the court's etiquette system, reduced court expenses, and confiscated land that had not been deeded by the emperor. So various anti-Fujiwara forces gathered around him. Emperor Go-Sanjo broke through the family restrictions and appointed lower-ranking middle- and lower-class nobles to participate in government affairs, changing the situation in which the Fujiwara family dominated. In 1069, Emperor Go-Sanjo reorganized the estate. With the support of middle- and lower-level officials, he prepared to impose restrictions on Fujiwara Yorimichi's estate. However, due to the established political practices of Sheguan, the emperor was not yet able to carry out his will at will. Besides, he also has several wives from the Fujiwara family. Therefore, four years after Emperor Gosanjo ascended the throne, he abdicated the throne to Prince Sadahito, who became Emperor Shirakawa.After Emperor Gosanjo abdicated, he continued to contend with the power of the Fujiwara clan. He established a court and appointed court officials, trying to replace the regency and the political system with the court, and realize his wish to return power to the royal family. However, Emperor Gosanjo soon died of illness just one month after becoming a monk, making his great ambition a fantasy.
Emperor Shirakawa’s mother and wife are both women of the Fujiwara family, but his wife has not yet given birth to a child. So Prince Sanjo, who was born to Emperor Gosanjo and a Genji woman, was made the crown prince, and it was agreed that Prince Minoru's younger brother, Prince Fuhito, would be the next generation crown prince. In this way, the imperial family could quickly derail the Fujiwara family. However, this was the wishful thinking of Emperor Go-sanjo.
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Emperor Goresen
The 70th Emperor: Emperor Goresen (1025-1068) (reigned 1045-1068)
After Emperor Goresen ascended the throne, he established Tsunnin The prince is the crown prince. Sekibaro and Fujiwara Yorimichi tried their best to prevent Prince Takahito from inheriting the throne. However, he and his brother Fujiwara Yumichi sent their daughter to the harem, but they never had children. The loss of status as a maternal relative caused the Fujiwara clan to lose its favorable political position. In 1068, Emperor Go-Resen died, and Prince Takahito ascended the throne as Emperor Go-Sanjo.
The eight emperors since Emperor Reizen were all born to women of the Fujiwara family and were raised by the Fujiwara family when they were young. The Heian Period seems to have formed a fixed regime model:
The Emperor (main court) - the Emperor (the emperor, the new court)
Shoseki (maternal ancestor) - the concubine (mother of the country) , Women's House)
→Prince (Emperor)
By the time of the two generations of Fujiwara Michinaga and Fujiwara Norimichi, the 70-year-old Fujiwara family's autocratic power reached its peak. Fujiwara's mansion replaced the imperial palace as the center of power for handling government affairs; the imperial court was nothing more than a grand theater for performing rituals.
Fujiwara Michinaga served as the Taizheng Minister and Regent, and successively made his three daughters the queens of the three emperors, Ichijo, Sanjo, and the last one, and he became the grandfather of the three emperors. Fujiwara Michinaga was satisfied and proudly expressed his ambition in poetry at the ceremony when his daughter was canonized as queen: "This world is my world, I do what I think, the bright fifteenth month, the full moon."
The Fujiwara family’s politics only care about the interests of their own family, and ignore the prosperity and decline of the country. Political corruption will inevitably lead to the corruption of life, and its rule will not last long.
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Emperor Go-Suzaku
The 69th Emperor: Emperor Go-Suzaku (1009-1045) (reigned 1036-1045)
Emperor Go-Suzaku ascended the throne at the age of 28 and was succeeded by Fujiwara Yori Tong is Guan Bai. Emperor Suzaku was a hot-blooded man who was unwilling to be tricked by others and always wanted to restore the emperor's personal rule. In 1037, despite the objections of Fujiwara Yorimichi, he made Prince Sadakouchi his queen, but soon he made Prince Akahito, who was born to Fujiwara Michinaga's daughter Kikiko, the crown prince - after all, he could not completely get rid of the control of the Fujiwara clan.
After the 10-year reign of Emperor Suzaku, the upper-class nobles fought for power, the imperial court was weakened, and years of natural disasters and plagues led to social unrest and chaos. At this time, the power of the monasteries was developing rapidly, and monk soldiers were rampant, which made the uneasy society worse.
What is worth recording in the palace is that there were three fires in the palace, and the artificial mirror was burned again, so the mirror had to be built three times. In 1045, before his death, Emperor Go-Suzaku abdicated to his son, Emperor Go-Resen; at the same time, Prince Takahito, the prince born to Sadako and another son not born to a Fujiwara woman, was made the crown prince. Two days after settling this matter, Emperor Suzaku passed away.
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< p>Emperor IchijoThe 66th Emperor: Emperor Ichijo (980-1011) (reigned 986-1011)
Emperor Ichijo is the grandson of Fujiwara Kaneie, who was only 7 when he ascended the throne. At the age of 16, Fujiwara Kaneie served as regent. Then, Prince Isada, born to the daughter of Emperor Reizumi and the Fujiwara Kaneie, was established as the Crown Prince. The Fujiwara Kaneie family was also the grandfather of the Emperor and the Crown Prince. The Fujiwara family's mansion became the political center, and the imperial court became just a place for ceremonies. The little emperor was just a trick of the Fujiwara family and had no prestige among the people. As a result, the palace became a place where thieves roamed and wild beasts left traces. What's more serious is that fires occurred repeatedly in the palace. A fire in 1005 burned the emperor's artifact, and the court had to recast the mirror. From then on, the mirror passed down by Amaterasu became an artificial mirror.
In 990, Fujiwara Kaneie resigned as regent, probably tired of the complicated government affairs, and became a monk. Fujiwara Kaneie's son, Fujiwara Michitaka Hingmasa. He married his daughter to Emperor Ichijo as his queen. After the death of Michitaka Fujiwara, his younger brother, Michitaka Fujiwara, became Guanbai and sent his daughter to the harem as his queen. So there was a situation where two queens were juxtaposed. However, although Michio Fujiwara was tyrannical, the same emperor was still in peace. Emperor Ichijou reigned for 26 years, and in 1011, he retired from illness. Then died.
Although Emperor Ichijo's political achievements were not outstanding, he made many achievements in promoting cultural undertakings because he himself was a master of ancient and modern knowledge.
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Emperor Yuanyong
The 64th Emperor: Emperor Yuanyong (959-991) (reigned 969-984)
Emperor Yuanyong was only 11 years old when he ascended the throne , headed by Fujiwara Minori as regent. This is because the Fujiwara family has completely excluded all foreign political opponents, and then reopened a line of struggle within their own family. During the 16 years of Emperor Enjoyō's reign, the Fujiwara clan's struggle for power continued throughout.
In 972, Fujiwara Sanyori died, and Fujiwara Iin, the son of his younger brother Fujiwara Shisuke, served as regent. In 973, Fujiwara Iin was also bedridden, and his two younger brothers, Fujiwara Kanemichi and Fujiwara Kaneie, started fighting for power. Fujiwara Kanemichi was promoted to Taizheng Minister and ruled for 6 years. He deliberately excluded and neglected his younger brother, Fujiwara Kaneie. Even when he was seriously ill, he still hated his brother no less and recommended his cousin Fujiwara Yoritada to be appointed as Kanbai. . After the death of Fujiwara Kanemichi, Fujiwara Kaneie and Fujiwara Yoritsada continued to compete for power. In the end, Fujiwara Kaneie married his daughter to Emperor Enyong, and soon gave birth to a prince, Prince Hirohito, before defeating Fujiwara Yorichu and monopolizing the power of the court. In 984, the 26-year-old Emperor Enjou decided to abdicate the throne to Emperor Reizen's son in order to avoid internal fighting within the Fujiwara clan. As a result, Prince Shisada succeeded to the throne as Emperor Hanayama. Queen Yuanrong also became a monk and died in 991 at the age of 33.
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< p>Emperor ReizenThe 63rd emperor: Emperor Reizen (950-1011) (reigned 967-969)
Emperor Reizen suffered from severe mental illness when he was the crown prince. Some people say that the ghost of Fujiwara Motokata is causing trouble. However, the Fujiwara family just took this opportunity to blackmail the emperor and order the princes. Fujiwara Shisuke's brother, Fujiwara Minori, served as the minister of Taizheng, "Guan Baiwanji". From then on, Guan Bai became the permanent supreme head of the imperial court from a temporary position.
After Emperor Reizen ascended the throne, he was suffering from illness and was eager to give way to the crown prince. At that time, the most popular candidate for the crown prince was Prince Taira, the second brother of Emperor Reizumi. However, Prince Taira was the son-in-law of Minamoto Takaaki, which was something the Fujiwara clan did not want to see. As a result, the Fujiwara family exerted great influence in the court, forcing Emperor Reizumi to appoint his third brother, Prince Morihei, as the crown prince in 968.
In 969, there was an incident where Yuan Gaoming attempted to change Prince Ping to the crown prince. The truth of this matter cannot be explained in one sentence. However, Fujiwara Minori took the opportunity to eliminate the dissident forces represented by Minamoto Takaaki in the court and established the Fujiwara clan's dictatorship system - known in history as the "Yasu Rebellion". For a time, the Fujiwara family was the only one with all the power in the world.
Not long after the Anwa Incident, Emperor Reizen abdicated his throne to his younger brother, Prince Morihei, who became Emperor Yuanyong. Emperor Leng lived crazily for more than forty years, and died in 1011 at the age of 62.
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Emperor Suzaku
The 61st Emperor: Emperor Suzaku (923-952) (reigned 930-946)
In 930, when Emperor Suzaku ascended the throne Only 8 years old, Fujiwara Shihei's younger brother Fujiwara Chuhei served as regent. His mother is Atsuko, the daughter of Fujiwara Momotsune. He was born into the Fujiwara family and was frail and sickly since he was a child. He has been in office for 17 years and is just a doll of the Fujiwara family. The power of the imperial court was in the hands of two brothers, Taisei Minister Fujiwara Tadahei and Right Minister Fujiwara Nakahara.
Emperor Suzaku was passive and inactive during his reign, and centralization of power gradually declined, especially in local administration, which relied entirely on the government to do whatever he wanted. As a result, local forces continued to grow, expressing strong dissatisfaction with the Fujiwara clan's autocratic dictatorship, and thus showing signs of getting rid of the imperial court. In 940, Emperor Kanmu's descendant Taira Shomon raised the banner of rebellion. At the same time, Fujiwara Sumitomo of Iyu Province also rebelled locally. Although these two rebellions were put down after a year and a half of fighting, they caused turmoil in the domestic situation.
After the intervention of his mother Atsuko, Emperor Suzaku abdicated in favor of his younger brother, Emperor Murakami. In 952, Emperor Suzaku decided to convert to Buddhism and died a few months later.
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Fujiwara Clan
Emperor Mitsuhito
The 49th Emperor: Emperor Mitsuhito ( 709-781) (reigned 770-781)
Emperor Mitsuhito was the son of Prince Shiki, the son of Emperor Tenchi. Because he married the half-sister of Emperor Kōtoku as his concubine, he received the title of Fujiwara. Support - This shows the importance of nepotism.
After the 62-year-old Emperor Mitsuhito ascended the throne, he immediately named Emperor Tokoku's sister Inoue as empress. Queen Inoue's moral character is quite similar to that of Sister Nai. She is also a wild and uninhibited womanizer who can do anything for others. Once, while playing chess and gambling with the emperor, the queen won, and the emperor agreed to give her a handsome man. Fujiwara Momokawa persuaded Emperor Mitsuhito to recommend his son, Prince Yamabe, to the queen, so the 56-year-old queen and her 36-year-old nominal son formed a wild couple. The Fujiwara family took the opportunity to slander Emperor Mitsuhito and falsely accused Empress Inoue of conspiring to harm the emperor. As a result, the empress and the prince, Prince Tatou, were deposed and taken to other places to be imprisoned. Three years later, mother and son died on the same day. Then, Fujiwara Momokawa put pressure on Emperor Mitsuhito and made Prince Yamabe the crown prince. Some people analyze that the reason why Fujiwara Momokawa wanted to get rid of the empress may be because the empress knew the secret of his plot to assassinate his sister, Empress Dede.
After Emperor Mitsuhito ascended the throne, he faced the reality of the rise of local powerful forces and the decline of the emperor's authority. So with the help of Prince Yamabe, he first rectified the administration of officials and eliminated redundant yamen and officials. Conduct a household census to prevent local governments from hiding their labor force.
In 781, the 73-year-old Emperor Mitsuhito abdicated, and the 44-year-old Prince Yamabe ascended the throne as Emperor Kanmu.
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Emperor Junhito
The 47th Emperor: Emperor Junhito (?-764) (reigned 758-764)
Emperor Junhito was the son of Prince Toneri, the son of Emperor Tenmu. Because his mother's status was low, she was not qualified to inherit the throne. Later, she became involved with the Fujiwara family because she married the widow of Fujiwara Nakamaro's late eldest son. Due to Fujiwara Nakamaro's strong recommendation, he was appointed crown prince by Emperor Koken.
Emperor Junhito was completely Emi’s political puppet, and the Fujiwara clan almost reached the pinnacle of power. However, great joy brought sorrow. In 760, the Queen Mother Guangmingzi passed away. Emi Otsukatsu lost her asylum. At the same time, Emperor Xiaoqian was deeply disgusted with the tyranny of the Fujiwara family. She also kicked Emi Otsuki away and fell in love with the romantic monk who treated her, Daokyou. . As a result, the conflict between Emperor Xiaoqian and Huimei Besheng intensified. Emperor Junhito also suffered the consequences of the Joyu, and his power was taken back by Emperor Koken.
On June 3, 762, Emperor Takaken returned to Heijōkyō and issued an edict depriving Emperor Junhito of his power and preparing for his return to the stage of power. Feeling the urgency of the situation, Emi Otsuki wanted to instigate Emperor Junhito to get rid of Emperor Xiaoqian and kill Dao Jing. Emperor Xiaoqian took the initiative and sent troops to surround Huimei's house. Emi was lucky enough to escape, and raised an army to rebel on September 2, 764. Empress Xiaoqian launched a crusade, but Emi was defeated after betting on victory, and her whole family was killed. In 764, Emperor Takaken deposed Emperor Junhi and exiled him to Awaji. He returned to the political stage and ascended the throne again as Emperor Yutoku. Emperor Junhito tried to escape while in prison, but Emperor Koken sent people to recover him. In 764, Emperor Junnin died in hardship. Later Japanese history books excluded him from the list of emperors, and it was not until the Meiji era that he was given the posthumous title of "Junnin".
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Emperor Shomu
The 45th emperor: Emperor Shomu (701-756) (reigned 724-749)
In 724, the first prince succeeded to the throne and was proclaimed emperor Emperor Wu. In 716, Fujiwara Fuhito married his youngest daughter Mitsuko to the first prince as his imperial concubine. Therefore, Fujiwara Fuhito was both the grandfather of the first prince and his father-in-law.
In 727, Guangmingzi gave birth to a prince and was immediately crowned prince. In order to keep up with the situation, all the officials of the imperial court went to congratulate one after another, but the king of the long house dismissed it. Fujiwara Fuhi wanted to make Mitsuko the queen, but people who were not from the royal family could not be made queen. This approach was against the ancestral system, which caused criticism and dissatisfaction with the Fujiwara clan from the ministers of the court. The forces opposed to the Fujiwara clan gathered around King Nagaya, and King Nagaya and the Fujiwara clan became enemies.
Unexpectedly, the one-year-old crown prince fell ill and died young. Fujiwara Fousamae falsely accused the Nagaya King of using a nightmare spell to death. In 729, under the careful arrangement of the Fujiwara clan, someone reported that King Nagaya was plotting a rebellion. The imperial court sent troops to surround the residence of King Nagaya. Out of grief and anger, the longhouse king committed suicide with his whole family. Once King Nagaya died, no one in the court dared to go against the Fujiwara clan. Fujiwara Fousamae took the opportunity to make Mitsuko the queen, and Mitsuko's four brothers also held important positions. The power struggle between the imperial family and the Fujiwara clan that began after the death of Emperor Genmei ended with the victory of the Fujiwara clan. These four sons of Fujiwara Fujiwara formed the four families of the Fujiwara family: Nan, Hoku, Kyo, and Shiki. From then on, they took charge of the imperial affairs one after another.
In 737, smallpox was prevalent, and important officials of the Fujiwara clan died of the epidemic. At that time, people hoped to be blessed by Buddhism and get rid of diseases, so the power of monks in the court increased. The monks were not content with eating fast and chanting Buddha's name, but they also came to care about politics. They even promoted themselves to higher officials and interfered in the government affairs. Xuanfang, a flower monk, seized the wife of Fujiwara's grandson Fujiwara Hiroyuki. Fujiwara Hiroyuki was unwilling to be bullied by this bald man and was already full of anger. In addition, Emperor Shomu worshiped foreigners and reused some foreign students who had returned from the Tang Dynasty, thus neglecting the Fujiwara family. As a result, Fujiwara Hiroshi raised his troops to rebel. Two months later, the rebel army was divided and disintegrated, and Fujiwara Hiroshi was killed. However, the drunken monk Xuan Fang was later killed by Fujiwara Hiroshi's remnants.
The Great Buddha of Nara at Todaiji Temple
Emperor Shomu was also deeply stimulated after he put down the rebellion of Fujiwara Hiroshi. Emperor Shomu, who was already enthusiastic about Buddhism, became even more pious, as evidenced by the construction of Todaiji Temple and the casting of the Lucena Buddha during his reign. Emperor Shomu attached great importance to cultural and educational undertakings. He reformed the university dormitory system to attract talented students from poor families to study. It also stipulates that the children of the dear ones cannot become cadres without a graduation certificate from Daxueliao.
Tang Zhaoti Temple
In 749, Emperor Shomu announced his abdication and became a monk with the Buddhist name "Shengman". In 752, Emperor Shomu led hundreds of civil and military officials to the consecration ceremony of the Lucena Buddha at Todaiji Temple. In 754, monk Jianzhen arrived in Japan and ordained him at Todaiji Temple. Emperor Shomu died of illness two years later, and Empress Komeito donated more than 10,000 cultural relics in his collection to Todaiji Temple.
The Fujiwara clan took this opportunity to make a comeback, and Mitsuko made his daughter the emperor, calling him Emperor Xiaoqian.
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Emperor Motosho
The 44th Emperor: Emperor Motosho (female, 680-748) (reigned 715-724)
Emperor Motosho was the The daughter of tomorrow's emperor. During the reign of Emperor Gensho, the compilation of "Nihon Shoki" was completed. It started during the reign of Emperor Tenmu and was edited by Emperor Tenmu's son, Prince Toneri. It took more than 40 years to write with the participation of many people.
Nakatomi Kamazu, a hero of the Daika reform, was given the surname Fujiwara. The power of the Fujiwara family began to rise during the era of Emperor Genmei. Fujiwara Kamazu's son, Fujiwara Fuhito, became the right minister and had great power for a while. In order to consolidate his position, Fujiwara married his daughter Miyako to Emperor Tenmu, who gave birth to the first prince.
Fujiwara Kamazu
In order to develop the economy, Emperor Motosho successively implemented measures such as reducing military personnel, reducing farmers' debts, and rewarding farming. In 723, the "Three Generations One Body Law" was promulgated, which stipulated that the reclaimed wasteland could be passed down to the third generation, and the cultivated wasteland could be retained for a lifetime. The decree greatly encouraged farmers' enthusiasm and enabled agriculture to develop rapidly.
In 720, Fujiwara Fuhi died of illness, and the power of the royal family re-emerged. Emperor Tenmu's grandson, King Nagaya, became the chief minister of the imperial court as "Dainagon". In 721, King Nagaya was appointed as the right minister, and the royal family and the Fujiwara family formed two established factions. In 724, Emperor Gensho abdicated the throne to his nephew Prince Prince (son of Emperor Bunmu), who became Emperor Shomu.
Emperor Gensho was unmarried throughout his life and was a very cultivated and slightly conservative woman.
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