Emperor Tenmu

Emperor Tenmu
天武天皇
Emperor of Japan
Reign673–686
PredecessorKōbun
SuccessorJitō
BornŌama (大海人)
631
DiedOctober 1, 686(686-10-01) (aged 54–55)
Burial
Hinokuma no Ōuchi no misasagi (檜隈大内陵) (Nara)
SpouseUno-no-sarara (later Empress Jitō)
Issue
Among others...
Posthumous name
Chinese-style shigō:
Emperor Tenmu (天武天皇)

Japanese-style shigō:
Amanonunaharaokinomahito no Sumeramikoto (天渟中原瀛真人天皇)
HouseYamato
FatherEmperor Jomei
MotherEmpress Kōgyoku
ReligionShintoism, later Buddhism

Emperor Tenmu (天武天皇, Tenmu tennō, c. 631 – October 1, 686) was the 40th Emperor of Japan,[1] according to the traditional order of succession.[2][3] He reigned from 673 until his death in 686.[4]

  1. ^ Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): 天武天皇 (40); retrieved 2013-8-22.
  2. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, p. 53.
  3. ^ Ohnuki-Tierney, E. (1991). The Emperor of Japan as Deity (Kami). Ethnology, 30(3), 199–215. https://doi.org/10.2307/3773631
  4. ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 55–58, p. 55, at Google Books; Brown, Delmer M. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 268–269.

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