Tsuki no wa no misasagi
Tsuki no wa no misasagi (月輪陵) is the name of a mausoleum in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto used by successive generations of the Japanese Imperial Family. The tomb is situated in Sennyū-ji, a Buddhist temple founded in the early Heian period, which was the hereditary temple or bodaiji (菩提寺) of the Imperial Family.[1][2]
Notable interments
Kamakura period
Edo period
The Imperial Household Agency maintains Tsuki no wa no misasagi as the place of enshrinement and the venue for veneration of several Edo period emperors.
- 108 Emperor Go-Mizunoo[5]
- 109 Empress Meishō[5]
- 110 Emperor Go-Kōmyō[5]
- 111 Emperor Go-Sai[5]
- 112 Emperor Reigen[5] and Takatsukasa Fusako
- 113 Emperor Higashiyama[5]
- 114 Emperor Nakamikado[5]
- 115 Emperor Sakuramachi[5]
- 116 Emperor Momozono[5]
- 117 Empress Go-Sakuramachi[5]
- 118 Emperor Go-Momozono[5]
In addition, this is the official misasagi for
Two other Edo Period emperors are also enshrined at Nochi no tsukinowa no misasagi (後月輪陵) and the last Edo Period emperor is enshrined at Nochi no tsuki no wa no Higashiyama no misasagi (後月輪東山陵) in form of
- 119 Emperor Kōkaku[5] and Empress Yoshiko[7]
- 120 Emperor Ninkō[5]
- 121 Empress Eishō[8]
See also
- Emperor of Japan
- List of Emperors of Japan
Notes
- ^ Ponsonby-Fane 1956, p. 113.
- ^ Hall 1988, p. 383.
- ^ a b Ponsonby-Fane 1959, p. 422.
- ^ "Sennyu-ji Temple, Kyoto". www.taleofgenji.org.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Ponsonby-Fane 1959, p. 423.
- ^ Ponsonby-Fane 1959, p. 424.
- ^ Ponsonby-Fane 1959, pp. 333–334.
- ^ Ponsonby-Fane 1959, p. 335.