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Princess Iwa (磐之媛命, Iwa no hime no Mikoto, d. 347), sometimes known as Empress Iwa no hime (磐姫皇后, Iwa no hime kōgō), was a poet and the empress consort...

Japan, most of the empresses consort were princesses, except for Iwa no hime (empress consort of Nintoku). After Empress Kōmyō (empress consort of Shōmu)...

to have become empress consort to Emperor Ōjin in the 2nd year of his reign. According to the Nihon Shoki, her sisters Takano-iri hime and Otohime also...

Pharaoh Khufu (Cheops) in Giza. The Imperial tomb of Nintoku's consort, Iwa-no hime no Mikoto, is said to be located in Saki-cho, Nara City. Both kofun-type...

Yamato Hime no Ōkimi (倭姫王) was a poet and Empress of Japan, as the wife of her paternal uncle Emperor Tenji. She was a granddaughter of Emperor Jomei (舒明天皇)...

Richū was born to Princess Iwa (磐之媛命, Iwa no hime no Mikoto) sometime in 336 AD, and was given the name Ōenoizahowake no Mikoto (大兄去来穂別尊). He was the...

wife of Kibi no Tasa (吉備田狭) Iwa-no-hime-no-mikoto (磐之媛命), empress of Emperor Nintoku Katsuragi no Ashida no Sukune (葛城葦田宿禰) Katsuragi no Ari no Omi (葛城蟻臣)...

time. It's recorded in the Kiki that Hanzei was born to Princess Iwa (磐之媛命, Iwa no hime no Mikoto) sometime in 352 AD, and was given the name Mizuhawake...

Princess Hashihito no Anahobe (穴穂部間人皇女, Anahobe no Hashihito no Himemiko, 560 – 7 February 622), also known as Empress Taiza (間人皇后), was a member of the...

was born to Princess Iwa (磐之媛命, Iwa no hime no Mikoto) somewhere between 373 and 375 AD and was given the name Oasazuma Wakugo no Sukune (雄朝津間稚子宿禰). He...

Fujiwara no Tamako or Fujiwara no Shōko (藤原 璋子, 1101 – September 10, 1145), also known as Taikenmon'in (待賢門院), was an empress consort of Emperor Toba of...

Succession to the Japanese throne Family Tree of Japanese deities Fushimi-no-miya § Family Tree showing the family tree of the potentially future royal...

12, 1653 – May 19, 1712), also known as Shinjōsaimon-in (新上西門院), was an empress consort of Japan. She was the consort of Emperor Reigen. Her father was...

November 1348) was a Japanese princess who briefly served as honorary empress for her younger brother Emperor Go-Daigo. Princess Shōshi was the daughter...

Fujiwara no Genshi (藤原 嫄子, August 24, 1016 – September 19, 1039), born Princess Genshi (嫄子女王), was an empress consort (chūgū) of Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan...

25 June 1209 – 22 October 1233) also known as Sohekimon-in (藻璧門院), was Empress of Japan as the consort of Emperor Go-Horikawa. Upon her death, the court...

June 1337), or Shin-Muromachi-in (新室町院), was a Japanese princess and an empress consort (Chūgū) of Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan. She was a daughter of Emperor...

Fujiwara no Kimiko (藤原（西園寺）公子; 1232 – 6 March 1304) was Empress of Japan as the consort of Emperor Go-Fukakusa, her nephew. In 1293 (first year of the...

Fujiwara no Ritsushi (九条立子; 1192 – 18 January 1248) was Empress of Japan as the consort of Emperor Juntoku. In 1226, she ordained as a Buddhist nun and...

She was the daughter of Emperor Go-Fukakusa and Fujiwara no Kimiko. She was named Empress to her cousin in 1285. By the time she was 30, her husband...