Hirohime

Hirohime
Empress consort of Japan
Tenure572–575
Died575
SpouseEmperor Bidatsu
Issue
  • Prince Oshisako no Hikohito no Ōe
  • Princess Sakanobori
  • Princess Uji
HouseImperial House of Japan
FatherPrince Okinaga-no-Mate

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][2]

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  2. ^ a b 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. doi:10.1080/00438243.1995.9980311. ISSN 0043-8243.
  3. ^ McCallum, Donald F. (2008-11-30). The Four Great Temples: Buddhist Archaeology, Architecture, and Icons of Seventh-Century Japan. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-6473-6.