Nadeshiko Dynasty

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Mon of the Nadeshiko dynasty.

The Nadeshiko Dynasty is a line of Genjin rulers under the title of Tenno (天皇).

The Nadeshiko dynasty is one continuous line that stretches back almost three millenniums with occasional interruptions but no change of dynasty. The dynasty's legitimacy is based on the imperial family's alleged descent from supreme deities Zenno-sha & Kanno-teki via their eldest granddaughter, Shuyona Akegata-no-hime of the Ten'nyo, a daughter of Himiko, the daughter of Zenno-sha & Kanno-teki. Excluding some power struggles within the imperial family itself, this claim has never been challenged as a matter of course, and thus has kept the dynasty from being overthrown or otherwise replaced.

The Nadeshiko dynasty has ruled for nearly three millenniums, both before and since the founding of the Yamato Empire. The authority of the tenno has waxed and waned with the times and varying circumstances, twice in the dynasty's history being marginalized and holding little actual power. The early tennos of the Nadeshiko dynasty claimed to hold sovereignty and spiritual authority over all of Fuso, though for the last seven hundred years the authority of the tenno has been restricted to the Empire of Yamatai and its extracontinental holdings in Marlakcor and Maritymir.

List of Tenno

List of Tenno of Fuso both before and since the founding of Yamatai

Names			Lifetime		Reign		Eras
Personal		Posthumous					Names	Duration
Early Rulers
Mikado Keikenna-no-Totoi Taiso 神門敬虔なの尊い太祖		Ganzo-tenno 元祖天皇	26ᴢɴᴏ – 37ɪɴᴏ	63yrs	0 – 37ɪɴᴏ	37yrs	Sosaku 創作	0 – 37ɪɴᴏ
The first tenno of Fuso and founder of the entire imperial line. The beginning of his reign is also the basis of the Teikoku calendar.
Mikado Keikenna-no-Tetsubun Kyodo 神門敬虔なの鉄分強度		Kyudai-tenno 旧題天皇	16 – 78ɪɴᴏ	62yrs	37 – 78ɪɴᴏ	41yrs
			[…] – […]ɪɴᴏ		78 – 125ɪɴᴏ	47yrs
Mikado Keikenna-no-Migoto Kumo 神門敬虔なの見事雲		Uruoi-tenno 潤い天皇	[…] – […]ɪɴᴏ		125 – […]ɪɴᴏ
The Teikoku calendar was adopted during his reign; 133ɪɴᴏ.
Mikado Keikenna-no-Mankai Sakura 神門敬虔なの満開桜		Kakyo-tenno 科挙天皇	[…] – […]ɪɴᴏ		[…] – […]ɪɴᴏ
The fifth tenno of Fuso and the first female ruler.
Fourteen Kingdoms Period
Names			Lifetime		Reign		Eras
Personal	Royal	Posthumus					Names	Duration
Yu Inage 湯稲毛		Kazarashi-tenno 風嵐天皇	[…] – […]ɪɴᴏ		[…] – […]ɪɴᴏ
Introduced the practice of royal style names for direct members of the imperial family.
			[…] – […]ɪɴᴏ		[…] – […]ɪɴᴏ
			[…] – […]ɪɴᴏ		[…] – […]ɪɴᴏ
			[…] – […]ɪɴᴏ		[…] – […]ɪɴᴏ
Hari Kurogane 玻璃黒金		Byosaki-tenno 秒先天皇	[…] – […]ɪɴᴏ		[…] – […]ɪɴᴏ
The imperial line of Yamatai beginning with Shintoki-tenno is descended from Byosaki-tenno.
			[…] – […]ɪɴᴏ		[…] – […]ɪɴᴏ
			[…] – […]ɪɴᴏ		[…] – […]ɪɴᴏ
Akairo Hayashi 赤色林		Mokuso-tenno 木造天皇	[…] – […]ɪɴᴏ		[…] – […]ɪɴᴏ
Great-grandson of Byosaki-tenno. His assassination in a power struggle and the outrage that followed was the catalyst that sparked the Sengoku Jidai of the Ni-Hyakunen Senso.
Sengoku Jidai
Minarai Yoji 見習幼児		Jikken-tenno 実験天皇	[…] – […]ɪɴᴏ		[…] – […]ɪɴᴏ
Saigo Eiyu 最後英雄		Sakugen-tenno 昨源天皇	[…] – […]ɪɴᴏ		[…] – 2022ɪɴᴏ
His abdication to Shintoki-tenno and the founding of the Yamato Empire ended the Sengoku Jidai of the Ni-Hyakunen Senso and began the Seifuku Jidai.
Empire of Yamatai
The era of the tenno of the Empire of Yamatai began with the abdication of Sakugen-tenno to Shintoki-tenno and the founding of the Yamato Empire, ending the Sengoku Jidai of the Ni-Hyakunen Senso and beginning the Seifuku Jidai.
Names			Lifetime		Reign		Eras
Personal	Royal	Posthumus					Names	Duration
Yoshishige 至鎮	n/a	Shintoki-tenno 新時天皇	1997 – 2072ɪɴᴏ	75yrs	2022 – 2072ɪɴᴏ	50yrs	Kaikaku 改革	2022 – 2032ɪɴᴏ
							Ikioi 勢い	2032 – 2072ɪɴᴏ
Scion of the Nadeshiko dynasty descendant of Byosaki-tenno. Creator of Seishitsu. First tenno of the Oda clan cadet branch and progenitor of the current imperial line of the Nadeshiko dynasty. His ascension as tenno began the Seifuku Jidai period of the Ni-Hyakunen Senso. Continued the custom of the imperial family having no surname when he dropped his and ceded the title of daimyo of the Oda clan to a relative of the parent line. The second decade of his reign and campaigns saw the invasion of northeastern Fuso – which Shintoki-tenno and his armies had not yet touched – by the Arslan-ruled Gergazartan Khaganate/Lin dynasty in 2032ɪɴᴏ (4170ᴛᴊʜ). With local forces unable to effectively stand up to the Arslan hordes, a council of the local daimyo sent him a plea for help. Shintoki-tenno didn't hesitate and redirected his armies to face the Arslan, temporarily abandoning a central Fuso campaign under a truce with the local daimyo. Shintoki-tenno's forces brought the Arslan Invasion to a standstill for two years, culminating in the Siege of Hansei (繁星の包囲) in 2035ɪɴᴏ (4173ᴛᴊʜ), where Shintoki-tenno himself slew Khundet Khagan (ᠬᠦᠨᠳᠦᠳ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ), the Arslan ruler of the time, in a duel. The sudden loss of their leader threw the Arslan into disarray, resulting the first real victory for the Yamato and local forces against the Arslan forces. Within a year of the battle the Arslan were completely expelled from Fuso. In gratitude for answering their call for help, all of the regions and people effected by the Arslan Invasion willingly submitted to the Yamato Empire. Years after, Shintoki-tenno's reign came to a tragic end when he was killed in battle by a stray arrow during the Siege of Umadake.
Akishige 秋鎮		Awamori-tenno 粟森天皇	2055 – 2077ɪɴᴏ	22yrs	2072 – 2077ɪɴᴏ	5yrs	Hantei 判定	2072 – 2077ɪɴᴏ
Grandson of Shintoki-tenno. Succeeded his grandfather at the age of seventeen, as his father died the same day as Shintoki-tenno. Died childless at the age of twenty-two.
Chikayoshi 近説		Fukurai-tenno 福來天皇	2067 – 2114ɪɴᴏ	47yrs	2077 – 2114ɪɴᴏ	37yrs
Nephew of Awamori-tenno via his sister. The Seifuku Jidai officially ended during his reign, although the Ni Hyakunen-Senso continued until 2123ɪɴᴏ, nine years after his death. Fukurai-tenno hid Seishitsu away until it came into the possession of Nadeshiko Sugako.
Chikayoko 地価横		Toki-tenno 冬季天皇	2090 – 2146ɪɴᴏ	56yrs	2114 – 2146ɪɴᴏ	32yrs
							Heion 平穏	2123 – 2146ɪɴᴏ
Daughter of Fukurai-tenno. Not the first female tenno, but the first female ruler of Yamatai. In 2123ɪɴᴏ, nine years after the death of her father, the Ni Hyakunen-Senso finally ended. In 2120ɪɴᴏ, roughly three years into her reign, the national anthem of Yamatai, Yamatai ni Chikara, was adopted by her decree. Near the end of her reign, in 2145ɪɴᴏ, she gave the go-ahead for an attempted establishment of an eastern overseas colony on the end of the then-unoccupied end of the Vieillesse Peninsula in northwestern Aquilonis.
Machinami 街並み		Bunmei-tenno 文明天皇	2109 – 2154ɪɴᴏ	45yrs	2146 – 2154ɪɴᴏ	8yrs
Son of Toki-tenno. His reign, while relatively brief, saw the full establishment of the Yamato colony on the Vieillesse Peninsula.
Wakatake 若武		Kenshi-tenno 剣師天皇	2132 – 2179ɪɴᴏ	47yrs	2154 – 2179ɪɴᴏ	25yrs
Son of Bunmei-tenno. Famed for being the best swordsman of his time, fame he earned when he personally led the imperial army to put down the Misono Rebellion (御園反乱/Misono Hanran) at the beginning of his reign. In 2162ɪɴᴏ, the the Aquiline Kingdom of Soleil attacked his empire's colony on the Vieillesse Peninsula. Kenshi-tenno sent an army to defend it and a six-year war ensued. Regretfully, the cost of the Soleilian–Yamato War, in part caused by the distance of the colony from Yamatai, forced the tenno to give up the colony as part of the peace treaty in 2168ɪɴᴏ.
Katamaru 固まる		Kagemitsu-tenno 景光天皇	2154 – 2197ɪɴᴏ	43yrs	2179 – 2197ɪɴᴏ	18yrs
Son of Kenshi-tenno.
Miki 美貴	Shiwase-no-miya 幸せ宮	Orihime-tenno 織姫天皇	2195 – […]ɪɴᴏ		2212 – […]ɪɴᴏ
A female ruler. Daughter of Kagemitsu-tenno, born as Shiwase-no-miya Miki Kojo (幸せ宮秋影皇女), she was enthroned following the Second Arslan Invasion of Fuso, yet was not originally intended to succeed the throne. Before the Second Arslan invasion, her elder brothers, twins Bakufu-no-miya Mitsufumi Koshi (瀑布宮光史皇子) & Niji-no-miya Akikage Koshi (虹宮秋影皇子), were fighting a civil war for succession, recalled in history as the Futago no Kyodai Senso (双子の兄弟戦争/Twin Brothers' War), a war that was interrupted by the invasion of Yamatai by the Lin dynasty of Tianchao. After the final defeat of the invasion, her elder brothers buried their old rivalry and passed the throne to her rather than fight over it again. And so, Miki became the new ruler of Yamatai after a fifteen-year interregnum and was left to rule an empire trying to rebuild from both a civil war and an extracontinental invasion. Because Orihime-tenno never envisioned herself ruling Yamatai, she didn't know how. And so, she relied on the words of advisors, particularly the shogun, to get things done. Unfortunately her eagerness for advice inadvertently caused her let herself be manipulated by her advisors, namely the shogun. Her relatively ineffectual reign from hanging on to voices from behind the throne resulted in a the curtailment of imperial authority. By the time she died and her son took over the damage had been done, beginning a long period where the tenno, while still the de jure ruler of Yamatai, was largely marginalized and their power curtailed in favor of the Shogunate, similarly to how it was before the Sengoku Jidai. For three hundred years the power of the tenno was ceremonial at best and the shoguns were the de facto rulers of Yamatai, until the civil war known as the Shirayuki Fukkatsu (白雪復活/Shirayuki Restoration) brought power back to the imperial family.
Akizumi 秋済み		Onshitsu-tenno 温室天皇	[…] – […]ɪɴᴏ		[…] – […]ɪɴᴏ
Senzai 前栽		Natsumori-tenno 夏森天皇	[…] – […]ɪɴᴏ		[…] – […]ɪɴᴏ
Heihachiro 平八郎		Harufuyu-tenno 春冬天皇	[…] – […]ɪɴᴏ		[…] – […]ɪɴᴏ
Kazuhito 数人		Kingin-tenno 金銀天皇	[…] – […]ɪɴᴏ		[…] – […]ɪɴᴏ
Kimiji 君じ		Suzuka-tenno 涼風天皇	[…] – […]ɪɴᴏ		[…] – […]ɪɴᴏ
A female ruler.
Mitsuyasu 光泰		Suisho-tenno 水晶天皇	[…] – […]ɪɴᴏ		[…] – […]ɪɴᴏ
Yukinaga 行永		Kannyu-tenno 神入天皇	[…] – […]ɪɴᴏ		[…] – […]ɪɴᴏ
Arihisa 有久		Shirayuki-tenno 白雪天皇	[…] – […]ɪɴᴏ		2511 – […]ɪɴᴏ		Seishun 青春	2511 – […]ɪɴᴏ
							Fukkatsu 復活	[…] – […]ɪɴᴏ
A female ruler. Her reign saw the restoration of the imperial family's power through the civil war known as the Shirayuki Fukkatsu (白雪復活/Shirayuki Restoration).
Mitsuhide 光秀		Odayaka-tenno 穏やか天皇	[…] – […]ɪɴᴏ		[…] – 2605ɪɴᴏ
Last tenno of the Oda clan cadet branch. He was assassinated by Akechi Go (明智江), daimyo of the Akechi clan and a descendant of Orihime-tenno, in a vain attempt to become tenno himself, igniting the Akechi Rebellion.
Nobunaga 信長	n/a	Funiki-tenno 新時天皇	[…] – […]ɪɴᴏ		2608 – […]ɪɴᴏ
Great-grandson of Suisho-tenno via his youngest daughter, Mutsumi Kojo (六ツ美). Born Toyotomi Nobunaga, he was the first tenno of the Toyotomi clan cadet branch, also descended from the Oda cadet branch, and progenitor of the current imperial family of the Nadeshiko dynasty. He was a great-grandson of Shirayuki-tenno via her daughter Mutsumi (六ツ美), who married out of the imperial clan and into a lesser branch of the Toyotomi clan. Nobunaga was a retainer of the assassinated tenno, Odayaka-tenno (穏やか天皇). Nobunaga avenged Odayaka-tenno in the resulting civil war, the Akechi Rebellion, later becoming tenno when the heirs of Odayaka-tenno renounced the imperial title in favor of Nobunaga. Dropped his surname and continued the tradition of no surnames in the imperial family.
Akimikan 秋蜜柑		Go-Kazarashi-tenno 後風嵐天皇	[…] – […]ɪɴᴏ		[…] – […]ɪɴᴏ
A female ruler.
		Yukyu-tenno 油球天皇	[…] – […]ɪɴᴏ		[…] – […]ɪɴᴏ
		Shirakawa-tenno 白河天皇	[…] – […]ɪɴᴏ		[…] – […]ɪɴᴏ
Daikichi 大吉		Ashikaga-tenno 足利天皇	[…] – […]ɪɴᴏ		[…] – […]ɪɴᴏ
Tazuko 多津子		Suika-tenno 西瓜天皇	[…] – 2781ɪɴᴏ		[…] – 2781ɪɴᴏ
Mother of Gyoshi-tenno and the last of ten female tenno.
Fusazane 房実		Gyoshi-tenno 魚翅天皇	[…] – 2807ɪɴᴏ		2781 – 2807ɪɴᴏ	26yrs
Tatsuhiko 竜彦	Unabara-no-miya 海原宮	Nintoku-tenno 仁徳天皇	2780 – 2824ɪɴᴏ	44yrs	2807 – 2824ɪɴᴏ	17yrs	Asatsuyu 朝露	2807 – 2813ɪɴᴏ
							Tanrei 端麗	2813 – 2818ɪɴᴏ
							Horyu 鳳竜	2818 – 2824ɪɴᴏ
Eldest son of Gyoshi-tenno. Born Unabara-no-miya Tatsuhiko Kotaishi (海原宮竜彦皇太子/Tatsuhiko, Crown Prince Unabara) Father of Nadeshiko Sugako, an Abjaksan of Marlakcor. Killed in battle in the Siege of St. Croix during the Great Northern Aquilonis War.
Hidehiko 秀彦	Raizo-no-miya 来ぞ宮	n/a	2803ɪɴᴏ – Still living		2824ɪɴᴏ – Incum		Kaihei 海兵	2824ɪɴᴏ – n/a
Eldest son of Nintoku-tenno, and elder brother of Nadeshiko Sugako. Born as Raizo-no-miya Hidehiko Kotaishi (来ぞ宮秀彦皇太子/Hidehiko, Crown Prince Raizo)

Notes & Trivia

• The years use the years of the Teikoku calendar. There's a 1717-year difference between the Teikoku calendar and the Solramese calendar. To get the equivalent year on the Solramese calendar, add 1717 to the year.
• Tenno whose reigns ended before they died abdicated and retired.
• Tenno who were given the same posthumous name as are prefixed in a few ways:
  • The first Tenno after is prefixed "Go- (後/later/II)."
  • Tenno further after are given numeral words: "San- (三/III)," "Shi- (四/IV)," etc.
• Women are normally forbidden from inheriting the throne. The only way a princess can inherit the throne is if they are either the sole heir, if they prove themselves worthy of it, or the original heir apparent abdicates their position to her.
• Mikado Keikenna (神門敬虔な) is a title that was part of the personal names of tenno before Shinotki-tenno to denote their descent from Zenno-sha and Kanno-teki, but they otherwise had no surname. They were addressed by it by the court both before and during their reigns. This title dropped out of use long before the Fourteen Kingdoms period. It was shortened to Keiken (敬虔) as the surname of the clan that no longer held the throne.