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Emperor Tenmu 天武天皇
Emperor of Japan
Reign
673–686
Predecessor
Kōbun
Successor
Jitō
Born
Ōama (大海人) 631
Died
October 1, 686(686-10-01) (aged 54–55)
Burial
Hinokuma no Ōuchi no misasagi (檜隈大内陵) (Nara)
Spouse
Uno-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)
House
Yamato
Father
Emperor Jomei
Mother
Empress Kōgyoku
Religion
Shintoism, 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]
EmperorTenmu (天武天皇, Tenmu tennō, c. 631 – October 1, 686) was the 40th Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. He reigned...
his son, Prince Ōtomo, also known as Emperor Kōbun, then by Tenji's brother Prince Ōama, also known as EmperorTenmu. Almost one hundred years after Tenji's...
order of succession. The seventh son of Prince Toneri and a grandson of EmperorTenmu, his reign spanned the years 758 to 764. Before his ascension to the...
her younger brother, Emperor Kōtoku, before eventually being inherited by two of his sons, Emperor Tenji and EmperorTenmu. Emperor Jomei's reign lasted...
emperor) appears on a wooden slat, or mokkan, that was unearthed in Asuka-mura, Nara Prefecture in 1998 and dated back to the reign of EmperorTenmu and...
Kakinomoto clan may have had some literary success in the court of EmperorTenmu. According to the Shoku Nihongi, Saru died in 708, having attained the...
imperial crown prince from 681 until his death. He was the second son of EmperorTenmu. His mother was the empress Unonosarara, today known as Empress Jitō...
He was a son of EmperorTenmu. He was given the posthumous name Emperor Sudoujinkei (崇道尽敬皇帝, Sudōjinkei Kōtei), as the father of Emperor Junnin. In the...
Asuka-mura, Nara Prefecture in 1998. The slat dated back to the reign of EmperorTenmu and Empress Jitō. The reading 'Tennō' has become the standard title...
Japan has been ruled by emperors since antiquity. The sequence, order and dates of the early emperors are almost entirely based on the 8th-century Nihon...
historians believe this title was not introduced until the reigns of Emperor Tenmu and Empress Jitō. Rather, it was presumably Sumeramikoto or Amenoshita Shiroshimesu...
century. It is believed to record accurately the latter reigns of Emperor Tenji, EmperorTenmu and Empress Jitō. The Nihon Shoki focuses on the merits of the...
historians believe this title was not introduced until the reigns of EmperorTenmu and Empress Jitō. Rather, it was presumably Sumeramikoto or Amenoshita...
historians believe this title was not introduced until the reigns of EmperorTenmu and Empress Jitō. Rather, it was presumably Sumeramikoto or Amenoshita...
historians believe this title was not introduced until the reigns of EmperorTenmu and Empress Jitō. Rather, it was presumably Sumeramikoto or Amenoshita...
historians believe this title was not introduced until the reigns of EmperorTenmu and Empress Jitō. Rather, it was presumably Sumeramikoto or Amenoshita...
historians believe this title was not introduced until the reigns of EmperorTenmu and Empress Jitō. Rather, it was presumably Sumeramikoto or Amenoshita...
latter is true then it would date the Saiō appointments to the reign of EmperorTenmu (c. 673 – 686 AD). There were other events during Suinin's reign as...
reign of Emperor Tenji and the reign of Emperor Kōbun Asuka, Yamato (Kiyomihara Palace or Kiomihara-no-miya), 672–694 in the reign of EmperorTenmu and in...
compiled. 672: Prince Ōama, later EmperorTenmu usurped the throne by winning the Jinshin no Ran (壬申の乱) civil war against Emperor Kōbun. 689: The Asuka Kiyomihara...
Hirafu. Asakura clan (朝倉氏) – descended from Prince Kusakabe son of EmperorTenmu. Asano clan (浅野氏) – cadet branch of Toki clan who descended from Seiwa...
grandson of EmperorTenmu and Empress Jitō. He was the second son of Prince Kusakabe. Monmu's mother was Princess Abe, a daughter of Emperor Tenji. Monmu's...
the Yamato dynasty. This periodization is congruent with the reign of EmperorTenmu, which is traditionally considered to have been from 673 through 686...
historians believe this title was not introduced until the reigns of EmperorTenmu and Empress Jitō. Rather, it was presumably Sumeramikoto or Amenoshita...
historians believe this title was not introduced until the reigns of EmperorTenmu and Empress Jitō. Rather, it was presumably Sumeramikoto or Amenoshita...
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