Emperor Heizei

Emperor Heizei
平城天皇
Emperor of Japan
Reign806–809
EnthronementApril 9, 806
PredecessorKanmu
SuccessorSaga
BornAte (安殿)
773
DiedAugust 5, 824(824-08-05) (aged 50–51)
Heijō-kyō (Nara)
Burial
Yamamomo no misasagi (楊梅陵) (Nara)
SpouseFujiwara no Tarashiko/Taishi
Issue
  • Prince Abo
  • Prince Takaoka
  • Prince Kose
  • Princess Kamitsukeno
  • Princess Isonokami
  • Princess Ōhara
  • Princess Enu
Posthumous name
Tsuigō:
Emperor Heizei (平城天皇)

Japanese-style shigō:
Yamato-neko-ameoshikuni-takahiko no Sumeramikoto (日本根子天推国高彦天皇)
HouseImperial House of Japan
FatherEmperor Kanmu
MotherFujiwara no Otomuro

Emperor Heizei (平城天皇, Heizei-tennō, 773 – August 5, 824), also known as Heijō-tennō, was the 51st emperor of Japan,[1] according to the traditional order of succession.[2] Heizei's reign lasted from 806 to 809.[3]

  1. ^ Emperor Heizei, Yamamomo Imperial Mausoleum, Imperial Household Agency
  2. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, pp. 62–63.
  3. ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 96–97; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 279–280; Varley, H. Paul. Jinnō Shōtōki, p. 151.

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