Emperor Tenchi

Japanese: 天智天皇 - てんじてんのう

An ancient emperor. His name was Nakano Oe. He was the son of Emperor Jomei. In 645, he conspired with Nakatomi Kamatari and others to destroy Soga no Emishi and Iruka, and established a new government. In January of the following year, he issued the Taika Reforms, and thereafter, as the crown prince of Emperor Kokutoku, he carried out domestic reforms. Even after Empress Saimei re-enthroned in 655, he continued to control the government as the crown prince, and sent a relief force to Baekje in response to a request from the country, but was defeated by the Tang and Silla forces in the Battle of Baekgang in 663, and withdrew from Korea. In 667, he moved the capital to Otsu in Omi (Omi-Otsu Palace), and ascended to the throne the following year, remaining on the throne until 671. He established the Omi Code and compiled the Kogo Nenjaku (Year of the Horse Year Register). In 671, he appointed his eldest son, Prince Otomo, as Grand Minister of State, and died while worrying about the actions of his younger brother, Prince Oama. His grave is in Yamashina Ward, Kyoto City (Emperor Tenchi's Yamashina Mausoleum). There is a poem about it in the Manyoshu. → Jinshin War → Related topics Awazu Hashimoto Mikuriya | Isshi Incident | Omi Court | Minister | Gamōno | Emperor Genmei | Emperor Kōnin | Yamashiro | Prince Shiki | Establishment | Takayasu Castle | Nukata no Okimi | Elegy | Fujiwara Kamatari | Yamashina

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Japanese:

古代の天皇。名は中大兄(なかのおおえ)。舒明(じょめい)天皇の皇子。645年中臣鎌足(なかとみのかまたり)らと計って，蘇我蝦夷(えみし)・入鹿(いるか)父子を滅ぼし，新政府樹立。翌年１月大化改新の詔(しょう)を発布，以後孝徳天皇の皇太子として内政改革を遂行した。655年母后斉明女帝の重祚(ちょうそ)後も皇太子として政権を掌握，百済(くだら)の請に応じて救援軍を派遣したが，663年白村江(はくそんこう)の戦で唐・新羅(しらぎ)軍に敗れ朝鮮から手を引いた。667年都を近江(おうみ)大津（近江大津宮）に移し，翌年即位，671年まで在位。近江令の制定，庚午年籍(こうごねんじゃく)の作成等を行った。671年長子大友皇子を太政大臣に任じ，弟大海人(おおあま)皇子の動向を憂慮しつつ死んだ。墓は京都市山科区にある（天智天皇山科陵）。《万葉集》に歌がある。→壬申の乱
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