Japanese Ancient Custom of Marriage of the Tennou 2

　　　　Furthermore, the status of the Kougou, the highest rank among Tennou’s spouses, in principle, was supposed to be occupied by a sacred daughter of the Tennou, a half sister or a niece. According to this principle, Soga-no-Iname was nothing less than one of subjects who married their daughters to the Tennou. Truly, the Tennou who succeeded Kinmei Tennou was Bidatu Tennou and he was a son of Ishi-hime whose father was Sennka Tennou, who was a half brother of Kinmei Tennou.

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