Meishō (明正天皇, Meishō Tennō ) (proper name: Okiko) (January 9th 1624 - December 4th 1696) was the 109e empress of Japan according to the traditional order. She reigned of the December 22nd 1629 with the November 14th 1643.

Genealogy

The proper name of the emperor before his advent with the throne was Okiko (興子). It was it son of the emperor Go-Mizunoo and Kazuko Tokugawa, the girl of Hidetada Tokugawa.

Events of the life of Meishō-tennō

• Kan' I.E.(internal excitation) 8 (1632): One builds the temple Kiomes in Miyako.

• Kan' I.E.(internal excitation) 9, the 24e of the 1st moon (March 14th 1632): Old the shogun Tokugawa Hidetada died.
• Kan' I.E.(internal excitation) 10, 20th of the 1st month (February 28th 1633): There was an earthquake with Odawara in the Province of Sagami.
• Kan' I.E.(internal excitation) 11 (1634): Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu came in Miyako.
• Kan' I.E.(internal excitation) 12 (1635): The ambassador of king de Corée arrived.
• Kan' I.E.(internal excitation) 13 (1636):
• Kan' I.E.(internal excitation) 13, in the 4th month (1636): The shogun went to the temple Nikko.
• Kan' I.E.(internal excitation) 14 (1637): The rebellion of the Christians of Arima and Shimabara. The shogun sent some officers to it to choke it.
• Kan' I.E.(internal excitation) 15 (April 12th 1638}: The revolted Christians of Shimbara were subjugated, and 37,000 of them put at death. This war was described in the book Shimabara-ki. By this massacre and other rigors necessary, the Christian faith was extirpated of Japan.
• Kan' I.E.(internal excitation) 20, the 29e of the 9

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