This is a study and Translation of the Imperial Edicts in Shoku Nihongi (Chronicles of Japan, Continued) from the years 749-770, the reign of the Last Empress of Nara Japan, Koken/Shotoku Tenno.
After he abdicated, she took the throne and.
The Empress Koken, also known in the latter part of her reign as Empress Shotoku, was the daughter of the great Buddhist Emperor Shomu.
These edicts, known as Senmyo, were inscribed in Old Japanese while the narrative of the chronicle was classical Chinese.
This is a study and Translation of the Imperial Edicts in Shoku Nihongi (Chronicles of Japan, Continued) from the years 749-770, the reign of the Last Empress of Nara Japan, Koken/Shotoku Tenno