Emperor Junnin
Emperor Junnin 淳仁天皇 | |||||
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Emperor of Japan | |||||
Reign | 758–764 | ||||
Predecessor | Kōken | ||||
Successor | Shōtoku | ||||
Born | Ōi (大炊) 733 | ||||
Died | November 10, 765 Awaji Island (Hyōgo) | (aged 31–32)||||
Burial | Awaji no misasagi (淡路陵) (Hyōgo) | ||||
Issue | Princess Abe | ||||
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House | Yamato | ||||
Father | Prince Toneri | ||||
Mother | Tagima no Yamashiro |
Emperor Junnin (淳仁天皇, Junnin-
Traditional narrative
Before his ascension to the
Ascension and reign
In 757 the Empress Kōken, his third cousin appointed him to be her crown prince instead of Prince Funado, who had been appointed to this position in the will of the Emperor Shōmu. In the tenth year of Kōken-tennō's reign (称徳天皇十年), on December 7, 758 (Tenpyō-shōhō 2, 1st day of the 8th month), the empress abdicated[why?] and the succession (senso) passed to her adopted son. Shortly afterwards, Emperor Junnin is said to have ascended to the throne (sokui).[7] In 760 (Tenpyō-hōji 4), additional coins were put into circulation—copper coins bearing the words Mannen Ten-hō, silver coins bearing the words Teihei Genhō, and gold coins bearing the words Kaiki Shōhō.[8]
The years of Junnin's reign, 758–765, are more specifically encompassed within a single
Death and mausoleum
On November 10, 765 (
Though Junnin had, technically, been emperor, he was not featured on the official
Kugyō
- Taishi (Daijō-daijin): Fujiwara Oshikatsu, also known as Emi no Oshikatsu (恵美押勝) (formerly Fujiwara no Nakamaro) (藤原仲麻呂).[6]
- Taiho (Udaijin): Fujiwara Oshikatsu.[6]
- Sadaijin:, Fujiwara no Toyonari (藤原豊成).[6]
- Udaijin, Fujiwara no Toyonari (藤原豊成).[6]
- Naidaijin (not appointed)
- Dainagon
Consorts and children
Consort: Awata no Morone (粟田諸姉), widow of Fujiwara no Mayori, the first son of Fujiwara no Nakamaro
By Unknown woman:
- Daughter: Imperial Princess Abe (安倍内親王) married Prince Isobe
Ancestry
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Notes
- ^ a b Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): 淳仁天皇 (47)
- ^ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, p. 59.
- ^ Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, p. 275; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki. pp. 143–144; Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 75–78., p. 75, at Google Books
- ^ Brown, pp. 264; prior to Emperor Jomei, the personal names of the emperors were very long, and people did not generally use them. The number of characters in each name decreased after Jomei's reign.
- ^ Brown, p. 275, Varley, p. 143.
- ^ a b c d e Brown, p. 275.
- ^ Titsingh, p. 75; Brown, p. 275; Varley, pp. 44, 144; a distinct act of senso is unrecognized prior to Emperor Tenji; and all sovereigns except Jitō, Yōzei, Go-Toba, and Fushimi achieved senso and sokui in the same year, until the reign of Emperor Go-Murakami.
- ^ Appert, Georges et al. (1888). Ancien japon, pp. 29–30.
- ^ Titsingh, p. 75.
- ^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 420.
- ^ "Genealogy". Reichsarchiv (in Japanese). April 30, 2010. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
References
- Appert, Georges and Hiroji Kinoshita. (1888). Ancien japon. Tokyo: Kokubunsha. OCLC 4429674
- Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida, eds. (1979). Gukanshō: The Future and the Past. Berkeley: University of California Press. OCLC 251325323
- OCLC 194887
- OCLC 5850691
- OCLC 59145842
See also
- Emperor of Japan
- List of Emperors of Japan
- Imperial cult
- Japanese empresses