Portrait of Emperor Sutoku by Fujiwara Tamenobu, 14th century
Emperor of Japan
Reign
February 25, 1123 – January 5, 1142
Coronation
March 18, 1123
Predecessor
Toba
Successor
Konoe
Born
July 7, 1119
Died
September 14, 1164(1164-09-14) (aged 45)
Burial
Shiramine no misasagi (白峯陵) (Kagawa)
Spouse
Fujiwara no Kiyoko
Issue
Prince Shigehito
Posthumous name
Tsuigō: Emperor Sutoku (崇徳院 or 崇徳天皇)
House
Yamato
Father
Emperor Toba
Mother
Fujiwara no Tamako
Emperor Sutoku (崇徳天皇, Sutoku-tennō, July 7, 1119 – September 14, 1164) was the 75th emperor of Japan,[1] according to the traditional order of succession.[2]
Sutoku's reign spanned the years from 1123 through 1142.[3]
^Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): 崇徳天皇 (75)
^Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, pp. 80.
^Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 181-185; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 322–324; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki. pp. 204–205.
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