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...
  • Princess Tōchi
  • Prince Takechi
  • Prince Kusakabe
  • Princess Ōku
  • Prince Ōtsu
  • Prince Naga
  • Prince Yuge
  • Prince Toneri
  • Princess Tajima
  • Prince Hozumi
  • Princess Ki
  • Princess Takata
  • Prince Osakabe
  • Princess Hatsusebe
  • Princess Taki
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 was the 40th Emperor of Japan. He reigned from 673 to 686.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 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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