(Hinokuma no Ouchi no Misasagi) Empress Jito (d. 702) was the first sovereign to be cremated, and her cremated remains were buried in the mausoleum of her husband Emperor Tenmu (d. 686). According to records of the Kamakura period, Tenmu's remains were placed in a dry lacquer casket, while those of Jito lay in a silver vessel serving as cinerary urn.

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