Emperor Seiwa

Emperor Seiwa
清和天皇
Emperor of Japan
ReignOctober 7, 858 – December 18, 876
EnthronementDecember 15, 858
PredecessorMontoku
SuccessorYōzei
BornMay 10, 850
Heian Kyō (Kyōto)
DiedJanuary 7, 881(881-01-07) (aged 30)
Heian Kyō (Kyōto)
Burial
Minooyama no misasagi (水尾山陵) (Kyoto)
Issue
Among others...
Emperor Yōzei
Posthumous name
Tsuigō:
Emperor Seiwa (清和天皇)
HouseImperial House of Japan
FatherEmperor Montoku
MotherFujiwara no Akirakeiko

Emperor Seiwa (清和天皇, Seiwa-tennō, May 10, 850 – January 7, 881) was the 56th emperor of Japan,[1] according to the traditional order of succession.[2]

Seiwa's reign spanned the years from 858 through 876.[3]

  1. ^ Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): 清和天皇 (56)
  2. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, p. 66.
  3. ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 115–121., p. 115, at Google Books; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 286–288; Varley, H. Paul. Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 166–17.

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