Emperor Kanmu

Emperor Kanmu
桓武天皇
Portrait of Emperor Kanmu, 16th century
Emperor of Japan
Reign30 April 781 – 9 April 806
Enthronement10 May 781
PredecessorKōnin
SuccessorHeizei
BornYamabe (山部)
4 February 736
Died9 April 806(806-04-09) (aged 70)
Burial
Kashiwabara no misasagi (柏原陵) (Kyoto)
SpouseFujiwara no Otomuro
Issue
among others...
Posthumous name
Chinese-style shigō:
Emperor Kanmu (桓武天皇)

Japanese-style shigō:
Yamatonekoamatsuhitsugiiyateri no Sumeramikoto (日本根子皇統弥照天皇)
HouseImperial House of Japan
FatherEmperor Kōnin
MotherTakano no Niigasa

Emperor Kanmu (桓武天皇, Kammu-tennō, 735 – 9 April 806), or Kammu, was the 50th emperor of Japan,[1] according to the traditional order of succession.[2] Kammu reigned from 781 to 806, and it was during his reign that the scope of the emperor's powers reached its peak.[3] His reign saw the transition from the Nara period to the Heian period.

  1. ^ Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): 桓武天皇 (50); retrieved 2013-8-22.
  2. ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Etchū" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 464; Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, pp. 61–62.
  3. ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 86–95, p. 86, at Google Books; Brown, Delmer M. Gukanshō, pp. 277–279; Varley, H. Paul. Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 148–150.

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