Princess Iitoyo

Princess Iitoyo
飯豊青皇女
Great Queen of Yamato (possibly)
Kitahanauchi Otsuka Kofun where she is believed to be buried.[1]
Empress of Japan (possibly)
Reign484
PredecessorEmperor Seinei
SuccessorEmperor Kenzō
BornIitoyo-hime
440
Died484
Burial
Posthumous name
Chinese-style shigō:
Princess Iitoyo (Iitoyo-hime) (飯豊青皇女)

Chinese-style shigō:
Empress Iitoyo (Iitoyo-tennō) (飯豊天皇)

Japanese-style shigō:
Oshinumi-no-iitoyo-no-ao

Posthumous name, according to other tradition
Empress Tsunuzashi
HouseImperial House of Japan
FatherEmperor Richū or Ichinobe no Oshiwa

Iitoyo (飯豊青皇女, 440–484) was a Japanese imperial princess and possibly empress regnant.[a][2] She was, according to traditional legend, ruler for a short period between Emperor Seinei and Emperor Kenzō. She is referred to as "Empress [Regnant] Iitoyo" (飯豊天皇 Iitoyo-tennō) in the Fusō Ryakuki and the Honchō Kōin Jōun-roku [ja], a 12th-century and a 15th-century collection of historical texts, respectively.[3][2]

  1. ^ "Imperial Mausoleum of Empress Iitoyo at the Hill of Hanikuchi". Guidoor. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Harper, Cathy (December 8, 2022). "More than placeholders: The 'century of empresses' against modern succession laws". Melbourne Asia Review. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
  3. ^ Katō, Kenkichi (2001). "Iitoyo-ao no Ōjo" 飯豊青皇女. Encyclopedia Nipponica (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved November 5, 2021.


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