Kasuga no Iratsume

Kasuga no Iratsume
Empress consort of Japan
Tenure499–507
SpouseEmperor Buretsu
HouseImperial House of Japan

Kasuga no Iratsume (? – fl. 507) was Empress of Japan as the consort of Emperor Buretsu.[1][2]

She is the only Japanese empress consort whose parents are unknown.

It is recorded that she and the emperor had no children.[3]

Notes

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  1. ^ Anston, W.G. (1896). Transactions and Proceedings of The Japan Society, London. Supplement I. Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697. Vol. 1. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trüber, & Co.
  2. ^ Kidder, J. Edward (2007-02-28). Himiko and Japan's Elusive Chiefdom of Yamatai: Archaeology, History, and Mythology. University of Hawaii Press. p. 270. ISBN 978-0-8248-6284-8.
  3. ^ Drott, Edward R. (2016-04-30). Buddhism and the Transformation of Old Age in Medieval Japan. University of Hawaii Press. p. 157. ISBN 978-0-8248-5150-7.


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