Jitō handled the taxation and administration of the manor to which they were appointed, and directly administrated the lands and the farmers of the manor.

The name comes from the springs at the temple which were used for the ritual bathing of newborns, and in honor of Emperors Emperor Tenji and Emperor Temmu, and Empress Jitō, who contributed to the founding of the temple.

The oldest documented use of the word " tennō " is on a wooden slat, or mokkan, that was unearthed in Asuka-mura, Nara Prefecture in 1998 and dated back to the reign of Emperor Temmu and Empress Jitō.

Four empresses, Empress Suiko, Empress Kōgyoku ( also Empress Saimei ) and Empress Jitō, as well as the mythical Empress Jingū, were widows of deceased emperors and princesses of the blood imperial in their own right.

The earliest attested use of this term is on a wooden slat, or mokkan, that was unearthed in Asuka-mura, Nara Prefecture in 1998 and dated back to the reign of Emperor Temmu and Empress Jitō.

Kimmei's contemporary title would not have been tennō, as most historians believe this title was not introduced until the reigns of Emperor Tenmu and Empress Jitō.

Bidatsu's contemporary title would not have been tennō, as most historians believe this title was not introduced until the reigns of Emperor Tenmu and Empress Jitō.

Yōmei's contemporary title would not have been tennō, as most historians believe this title was not introduced until the reigns of Emperor Tenmu and Empress Jitō.

Sushun's contemporary title would not have been Tennō, as most historians believe this title was not introduced until the reigns of Emperor Tenmu and Empress Jitō.

The seven women sovereigns reigning after Suiko were Kōgyoku / Saimei, Jitō, Gemmei, Genshō, Kōken / Shōtoku, Meishō and Go-Sakuramachi.

Suiko's contemporary title would not have been tennō, as most historians believe this title was not introduced until the reigns of Emperor Tenmu and Empress Jitō.

The six women sovereigns reigning after Kōgyoku / Saimei were ( b ) Jitō, ( c ) Gemmei, ( d ) Genshō, ( e ) Kōken / Shōtoku, ( f ) Meishō, and ( g ) Go-Sakuramachi.

Kōgyoku's contemporary title would not have been tennō, as most historians believe this title was not introduced until the reigns of Emperor Tenmu and Empress Jitō.

) ... In the third year of the Taka era, Empress Jitō yielded the throne to the Crown Prince.

Kōtoku's contemporary title would not have been tennō, as most historians believe this title was not introduced until the reigns of Emperor Tenmu and Empress Jitō.

) ... In the third year of the Taka era, Empress Jitō yielded the throne to the Crown Prince.

) ... In the third year of the Taka era, Empress Jitō yielded the throne to the Crown Prince.

He was succeeded by Empress Jitō, who was both his niece and his wife.

The nieces he married included Princess Unonosarara, today known as the Empress Jitō, and Princess Ōta.

In the history of Japan, Jitō was the third of eight women to take on the role of empress regnant.

The two female monarchs before Jitō were ( a ) Suiko and ( b ) Kōgyoku / Saimei.

The five women sovereigns reigning after Jitō were ( c ) Gemmei, ( d ) Genshō, ( e ) Kōken / Shōtoku, ( f ) Meishō, and ( g ) Go-Sakuramachi.

Empress Jitō was the daughter of Emperor Tenji.

Jitō took responsibility for court administration after the death of her husband, Emperor Temmu, who was also her uncle.

Throughout this period, Empress Jitō ruled from the Fujiwara Palace in Yamato.

Prince Kusabake was named as crown prince to succeed Jitō, but he died at a young age.

Empress Jitō reigned for eleven years.

Even after leaving the abbacy of Tavistock, he continued to hold two properties from the abbey until his death.

Amalric agreed and ascended the throne without a wife, although Agnes continued to hold the title Countess of Jaffa and Ascalon and received a pension from that fief's income.

However, the lower-class foot soldiers continued to think of Adhemar as a leader ; some of them claimed to have been visited by his ghost during the siege of Jerusalem, and reported that Adhemar instructed them to hold another procession around the walls.

Both girls married and lived abroad for a time after they grew up, yet the photographs continued to hold the public imagination ; in 1966 a reporter from the Daily Express newspaper traced Elsie, who had by then returned to the UK.

Although he did not hold a formal executive position in the government, Chiang continued to issue orders to the army, and many officers continued to obey Chiang rather than Li.

The Vichy French administration continued to hold out in the colony for over one year after the Italian collapse.

Some deists rejected the claim of Jesus ' divinity but continued to hold him in high regard as a moral teacher ( see, for example, Thomas Jefferson's famous Jefferson Bible and Matthew Tindal's Christianity as Old as the Creation ).

However, while the licentia continued to hold a higher prestige than the bachelor's degree ( Baccalaureus ), it was ultimately reduced to an intermediate step to the Magister and doctorate, both of which now became the exclusive qualification for teaching.

After recovering, he continued to blow glass until he dislocated his right shoulder in a 1979 bodysurfing accident. No longer able to hold the glass blowing pipe, he hired others to do the work ; Chihuly explained the change in a 2006 interview, saying " Once I stepped back, I liked the view " and pointing out that it allowed him to see the work from more perspectives and enabled him to anticipate problems faster.

And while he was not present at any of the councils he continued to hold this title until the East-West Schism of 1054 AD.

However, Britain continued to hold Jews of " fighting age " and their families on Cyprus until March 1949.

Variations of the basic ideo-motor or ideo-dynamic theory of suggestion have continued to hold considerable influence over subsequent theories of hypnosis, including those of Clark L. Hull, Hans Eysenck, and Ernest Rossi.

When he stated that " the case of the orders which hold property is that of them all ," the mendicant orders turned against him ; and from that time Wycliffe began a struggle which continued till his death.

Nazarbayev, however, continued to support him, persistently urging other republic leaders to sign the revised Union Treaty, which Gorbachev had put forward in a last attempt to hold the Soviet Union together.

Alice was prevented from exercising any real power as regent by Philip of Montfort, who took control of Tyre, and Balian of Beirut, who continued to hold Acre.

In the later medieval period, some theologians continued to hold Augustine's view.

During the next century, Arianism and paganism continued to hold out in Austria ( the northeast of Italy ) and the Duchy of Benevento.

Following the release of Republic, the band put New Order on hold while each member continued on with their own side-projects.

During this time the Antipopes Clement VII and Benedict XIII continued to hold court as pope in Avignon under the protection of the French monarchy.

Even after his elevation to the papacy, Urban continued to hold the archbishopric of Milan, and in this capacity refused to crown as King of Italy Frederick I's son Prince Henry, who had married Constance of Sicily, the heiress of the kingdom of Sicily.

Henry VI, needing money to raise an army and assert his rights over southern Italy, continued to hold Richard for ransom.

While the Twenty-Second Amendment generally restricts the President to two terms, there is no similar limitation on the office of Vice President, meaning an eligible person could hold the office as long as voters continued to vote for electors who in turn would renew the Vice President's tenure.

She continued with the play ; but, when Korda moved it to a larger theatre, Leigh was found to be unable to project her voice adequately or to hold the attention of so large an audience, and the play closed soon after.