Tenpyō no Jotei Kōken Shōtoku
By: Tamaoka Kaoru
Publisher: Shinchōsha
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Tōkyō
Language: jpn
Number of pages: 399
ISBN-13: 9784103737155
Description: Historical novel about the life of Empress Shōtoku (aka Empress Kōken), one of Japan's few female monarchs, as told by the court lady Wake no Hiromushi and several others.