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"Refulgence" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Emperor Shomu abdicated in favour of his daughter, Princess Abe, known in history as Koken. Her mother was the celebrated Princess Asuka, who, in spite of the Shimbetsu lineage of her Fujiwara family, had been made Shomu's Empress, and whose name had been changed to Komyo (Refulgence) in token of her illustrious piety. The daughter inherited all the mother's romance, but in her case it often degenerated into a passion more elementary than religious ecstasy. Shomu, having no son, made his daughter heir to the throne. Japanese history ...
— A History of the Japanese People - From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era • Frank Brinkley and Dairoku Kikuchi |
Words linked to "Refulgence" : shininess, burnish, sheen, lambency, polish, refulgency, glow, brightness, glossiness, effulgence, gleam, shine, luster, radiancy, refulgent, gleaming, gloss, lustre |
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