Empress Kōgyoku
| Empress Kōgyoku / Empress Saimei 皇極天皇 / 斉明天皇 | |||||
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| Great Queen of Yamato | |||||
| Empress of Japan (Kōgyoku, first reign) | |||||
| Reign | 19 February 642 – 12 July 645 | ||||
| Predecessor | Jomei | ||||
| Successor | Kōtoku | ||||
| (Saimei, second reign) | |||||
| Reign | 14 February 655 – 24 August 661 | ||||
| Predecessor | Kōtoku | ||||
| Successor | Tenji | ||||
| Empress consort of Japan | |||||
| Tenure | 630 – 641 | ||||
| Born | Takara (宝) 7 August 594 Japan | ||||
| Died | 24 August 661 (aged 66–67) Asakura no Miya | ||||
| Burial | Ochi-no-Okanoe no misasagi (越智崗上陵) (Nara) | ||||
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| House | Imperial House of Japan | ||||
| Father | Prince Chinu | ||||
| Mother | Princess Kibitsu-hime | ||||
Empress Kōgyoku (皇極天皇, Kōgyoku-tennō; 7 August 594 – 24 August 661), also known as Empress Saimei (斉明天皇, Saimei-tennō), was the 35th and 37th monarch of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Both her reigns were within the Asuka period.