Empress Suiko

Posthumous name
	Chinese-style shigō:; Empress Suiko (推古天皇); ; Japanese-style shigō:; Toyomikekashikiya-hime no Sumeramikoto (豊御食炊屋姫天皇)

Empress Suiko
推古天皇
Empress Suiko; 推古天皇
Great Queen of Yamato
	Painting of Suiko by Tosa Mitsuyoshi, 1726
Empress of Japan
Reign	15 January 593 – 15 April 628 (Gregorian calendar); or 8 December 592 – 7 March 628 (Lunar calendar)
Predecessor	Sushun
Successor	Jomei
Regent	Prince Shōtoku (593–621); Soga no Umako; Soga no Emishi
Empress consort of Japan
Tenure	576 – 585
Born	Nukatabe (額田部); 3 January 554
Died	15 April 628 (aged 74)
Burial	Shinaga no Yamada no misasagi (磯長山田陵)
Spouse	Emperor Bidatsu
Issue	Princess Uji no Shitsukahi; Prince Takeda; Princess Woharida; Princess Umori; Prince Wohari; Princess Tame; Princess Sakurawi no Yumihari;
Posthumous name
Posthumous name
	Chinese-style shigō:; Empress Suiko (推古天皇); ; Japanese-style shigō:; Toyomikekashikiya-hime no Sumeramikoto (豊御食炊屋姫天皇)
House	Imperial House of Japan
Father	Emperor Kinmei
Mother	Soga no Kitashihime

Empress Suiko (推古天皇, Suiko-tennō) (554 – 15 April 628) was the 33rd monarch of Japan,^[1] and the country's first and longest-reigning empress regnant, according to the traditional order of succession.^[2]

Suiko reigned from 593 until her death in 628.^[3]

^ Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): She introduced Buddhism in Japan and built many Buddhist templed, but she held the balance between Buddhism and Shintoism. Under her rule, Japan was the superpower in Asia, Silla paid tribute to Japan. She also reorganized the legal system and laws, bringing a peaceful era in the country. She is credited with building Japan, its economy and culture, Empress Suiko was also noted for her wisdom as a ruler. 推古天皇 (33)
^ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, p. 48.
^ Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 263–264; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 126–129; Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 39–42., p. 39, at Google Books