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was the 44th monarch of Japan,〔Imperial Household Agency (''Kunaichō''): ( 元正天皇 (44) )〕 according to the traditional order of succession.〔Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). ''The Imperial House of Japan,'' p. 56.〕 She was the one empress regnant in Japan's history to have inherited her title from another empress regnant rather than from a male predecessor. Genshō's reign spanned the years 715 through 724.〔Brown, Delmer ''et al.'' (1979). ''Gukanshō,'' pp. 271–272; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). ''Jinnō Shōtōki.'' pp. 140–141; Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). 〕 In the history of Japan, Genshō was the fifth of eight women to take on the role of empress regnant. The four female monarchs before Genshō were: (a) Suiko, (b) Kōgyoku, (c) Jitō and (d) Genmei. The three women sovereigns reigning after Genshō were (e) Kōken, (f) Meishō, and (g) Go-Sakuramachi. ==Traditional narrative== Before her ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne, her personal name (''imina'')〔Brown, pp. 264; prior to Emperor Jomei, the personal names of the emperors were very long and people did not generally use them. The number of characters in each name diminished after Jomei's reign.〕 was Hidaka''-hime''.〔Brown, p. 271.〕 Genshō was an elder sister of Emperor Monmu and daughter of Prince Kusakabe and his wife who later became Empress Genmei. Therefore, she was a granddaughter of Emperor Tenmu and Empress Jitō by her father and a granddaughter of Emperor Tenji through her mother.〔Brown, pp. 271–272.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Empress Genshō」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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