Emperor Momozono
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Emperor Momozono (桃園天皇 Momozono-tennō) (April 14, 1741 - August 31, 1762) was the 116th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. He ruled from June 9, 1747 until his death. His personal name was Toohito (遐仁); and his pre-accession title was initially Yaho-no-miya (八穂宮) and later Sachi-no-miya (茶地宮)
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[edit] Genealogy
Momozono was the firstborn son of Emperor Sakuramachi. His mother was Lady-in-waiting Sadako (定子) (Empress Dowager Kaimei, 開明門院)
- Court lady Ichijō Tomiko (一条富子):
- First son: Prince Hidehito (英仁親) (Emperor Go-Momozono)
- Second son: Imperial Prince Fushimi-no-miya Sadamochi (伏見宮貞行親王)
[edit] Events of Momozono's life
In 1747, he was invested as Crown Prince. Later the same year, he became emperor upon his father Emperor Sakuramachi's abdication.
During his reign, in 1758, the Hōreki Scandal occurred when a large number of the young court nobility were punished by the Bakufu for advocating the restoration of direct Imperial rule.
In 1762, he died at the age of 21.
[edit] Kugyō
Kugyō (公卿) is a collective term for the very few most powerful men attached to the court of the Emperor of Japan in pre-Meiji eras. Even during those years in which the court's actual influence outside the palace walls was minimal, the hierarchic organization persisted.
In general, this elite group included only three to four men at a time. These were hereditary courtiers whose experience and background would have brought them to the pinnacle of a life's career. During Momozono's reign, this apex of the Daijō-kan included:
[edit] Eras of Momozono's reign
The years of Momozono's reign are more specifically identified by more than one era name or nengō.
[edit] References
- Screech, Timon. (2006). Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns: Isaac Titsingh and Japan, 1779-1822. London: RoutledgeCurzon. ISBN 0-700-71720-X
- Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo/Hayashi Gahō, 1652], Nipon o daï itsi ran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon, tr. par M. Isaac Titsingh avec l'aide de plusieurs interprètes attachés au comptoir hollandais de Nangasaki; ouvrage re., complété et cor. sur l'original japonais-chinois, accompagné de notes et précédé d'un Aperçu d'histoire mythologique du Japon, par M. J. Klaproth. Paris. Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland....Click link for digitized, full-text copy of this book (in French)
| Preceded by Emperor Sakuramachi |
Emperor of Japan: Momozono 1747-1762 |
Succeeded by Empress Go-Sakuramachi |
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