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fourth generation, the right of possession would revert to the national government. This act was intended to motivate new cultivation, but it only remained in effect for about 20 years.
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succession tradition must be maintained in the 21st century. Empress Genmei, who was succeeded by her daughter, remains the sole exception to this conventional argument.
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2476:Go-Kameyama
2466:Go-Murakami
2348:Go-Fukakusa
2333:Go-Horikawa
1493:January 27,
1483:"Genealogy"
1381:Japan Times
1098:(d. c. 649)
919:(d. c. 651)
566:) 720–735
436:Nihon Shoki
199:日本根子高瑞浄足姫天皇
135:(748-05-22)
133:May 22, 748
71:Predecessor
2835:748 deaths
2830:683 births
2819:Categories
2609:Nakamikado
2579:Go-Mizunoo
2481:Go-Komatsu
2437:Go-Komatsu
2368:Go-Fushimi
1585:. (1980).
1559:. (1834).
1539:. (1959).
1506:References
545:included:
2671:1868–1947
2567:1603–1868
2533:1573–1603
2459:1333–1573
2451:Muromachi
2405:1333–1392
2306:1185–1333
2234:Shirakawa
2224:Go-Reizei
2219:Go-Suzaku
2214:Go-Ichijō
1702:Legendary
1532:251325323
1437:Genshō's
1415:Genshō's
1396:, p. 141.
1242:元正天皇 (44)
1061:(660–721)
1006:(626–672)
886:(645–703)
859:(626–672)
822:(662–689)
795:(594–661)
735:(593–641)
671:Genealogy
666:(724–729)
658:(717–724)
650:(715–717)
542:Daijō-kan
503:Nara City
495:mausoleum
112:Niinomi (
81:Successor
2804:Category
2727:Naruhito
2619:Momozono
2589:Go-Kōmyō
2574:Go-Yōzei
2545:Go-Yōzei
2540:Ōgimachi
2511:Ōgimachi
2432:Go-En'yū
2427:Go-Kōgon
2383:Go-Daigo
2378:Hanazono
2353:Kameyama
2298:Kamakura
2274:Takakura
2239:Horikawa
2229:Go-Sanjō
2184:Murakami
2117:794–1185
1636:715–724
1606:59145842
1444:Archived
1439:misasagi
1422:Archived
1417:misasagi
1271:Gukanshō
1269:(1979).
1256:, p. 56.
1238:Kunaichō
1174:See also
698:Ancestry
633:era name
619:Dainagon
611:Dainagon
603:Dainagon
571:Sadaijin
487:misasagi
477:memorial
442:ritsuryō
98:Hidaka (
2722:Akihito
2506:Go-Nara
2373:Go-Nijō
2363:Fushimi
2343:Go-Saga
2323:Juntoku
2313:Go-Toba
2284:Go-Toba
2149:Montoku
2085:Shōtoku
2053:710–794
1987:Kōgyoku
1962:Bidatsu
1950:539–710
1913:Buretsu
1893:Yūryaku
1868:Nintoku
1856:269–539
1633:Genshō
1578:5850691
1419:– image
1353:Fushimi
1349:Go-Toba
1218:blossom
595:Udaijin
583:Udaijin
560:-shinnō
531:in pre-
294:Kōgyoku
257:Genshō-
142:, Japan
125:, Japan
2768:Regent
2760:
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2634:Kōkaku
2599:Reigen
2594:Go-Sai
2584:Meishō
2471:Chōkei
2358:Go-Uda
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2279:Antoku
2269:Rokujō
2249:Sutoku
2204:Ichijō
2189:Reizei
2179:Suzaku
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2129:Heizei
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1997:Saimei
1992:Kōtoku
1972:Sushun
1957:Kinmei
1918:Keitai
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1878:Hanzei
1839:Yamato
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480:Shinto
428:Nagaya
401:-tennō
312:, and
310:Meishō
302:Genmei
233:Mother
223:Father
147:Burial
75:Genmei
2717:Shōwa
2702:Japan
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2678:Meiji
2649:Meiji
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2486:Shōkō
2417:Kōmyō
2412:Kōgon
2338:Shijō
2254:Konoe
2209:Sanjō
2199:Kazan
2194:En'yū
2174:Daigo
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2139:Junna
2124:Kanmu
2109:Heian
2095:Kanmu
2090:Kōnin
2075:Kōken
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2022:Monmu
2012:Tenmu
2007:Kōbun
2002:Tenji
1982:Jomei
1977:Suiko
1967:Yōmei
1942:Asuka
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1923:Ankan
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1873:Richū
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1779:Kōrei
1764:Yayoi
1745:Kōshō
1740:Itoku
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1725:Jimmu
1710:Jōmon
1441:– map
1361:sokui
1357:senso
1355:have
1345:Yōzei
1333:senso
1203:Notes
663:Jinki
647:Reiki
638:nengō
533:Meiji
515:Kugyō
509:Kugyō
473:grave
414:) as
412:sokui
408:senso
404:'
395:Reiki
336:-hime
331:imina
306:Kōken
290:Suiko
259:tennō
212:House
191:shigō
174:shigō
123:Asuka
85:Shōmu
63:Reign
2766:and
2422:Sukō
2264:Nijō
2244:Toba
2164:Kōkō
2134:Saga
2045:Nara
2017:Jitō
1888:Ankō
1863:Ōjin
1750:Kōan
1693:list
1602:OCLC
1594:ISBN
1574:OCLC
1548:OCLC
1528:OCLC
1520:ISBN
1495:2018
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