Talk:Empress Meishō
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[edit] Equal primogeniture
In Japan, there are currently debates over whether to adopt lineal or some form of mixed primogeniture, as Princess Aiko is the only child of Crown Prince Naruhito. (Occasionally, equal primogeniture has won in historical cases of Japanese succession: While it is true that most succession events in Japan had since time immemorial went in favor of a male heir, not necessarily the eldest of the sons themselves, it nevertheless is established by two precedents [of 1629 CE and of 642 CE] that an imperial princess may ascend the throne in preference and prior to her younger brothers. In 1629, the imperial princess Okiko ascended the Japanese throne as Reigning Empress Meisho tenno, as successor of her father, prior to her younger half-brother and other males. Only after her abdication 14 years later, her brother Tsuguhito (Emperor Go-Komyo tenno) ascended.) In 642, princess Takara, widow of the previous emperor, had ascended as Empress Kogyoko prior to her younger brother prince Karu, who only later became emperor.
I think you're wrong. Empress Kogyoku ascended to the throne purely as widow of the previous emperor. Empress Meisho didn't have any brothers when she became empress in 1629. Her brother, Emperor Go-Kōmyō, was born in 1633 (their father wasn't dead, he had just abdicated).
