Emperor Jomei
| Jomei | |
|---|---|
| Emperor of Japan | |
| Emperor of Japan | |
| Reign | 629–641 |
| Predecessor | Suiko |
| Successor | Kōgyoku |
| Born | 591 |
| Died | November 17, 641 (aged 49) Kudara no Miya |
| Burial | Osaka no uchi no misasagi(Nara) |
| Spouse |
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| Issue |
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| House | Yamato |
| Father | Prince Oshisaka-no-hikohito-no-Ōe |
| Mother | Princess Nukate-hime |
Emperor Jomei(Thư ngày mai hoàng,Jomei-tennō,593 – 641)was the 34thEmperor of Japan,[1]according to the traditionalorder of succession.[2]Hisreignstarted in 629 and ended in 641.[3]Historians consider details about the life of Emperor Jomei to bepossiblylegendary,butprobable.[4]The name Jomei-tennōwascreatedfor himposthumouslyby latergenerations.
Theconventionallyaccepted names and sequence of the early emperors were not to beconfirmedas "traditional" until the reign ofEmperor Kammu,who was the 50thmonarchof theYamato dynasty.[5]
Traditional history
[change|change source]Jomei was a grandson ofEmperor Bidatsuand a great-grandson ofEmperor Kimmei.[6]
Events in Jomei's reign
[change|change source]Suiko did not make it clear who was to succeed her after her death.
- 628:In the 35th year ofEmpress Suiko's reign, she abdicated her nephew succeeded her. He became known as Emperor Jomei.[7]Thesuccessionwasconfirmedinceremonies.[8]
- 639:In the 10 year ofJomei,former Empress Suiko died.[9]
Jomei's reign lasted 13 years.
After his death
[change|change source]The actual place of Jomei'sgraveis known. This emperor is traditionallyveneratedat amemorialShintoshrine(misasagi) at Nara. TheImperial Household Agencydesignates this location as Jomei'smausoleum.[1]It is formally namedOsaka no uchi no misasagi.[10]
Poetry
[change|change source]Some short poems are believed to have been written by Emperor Jomei. For example,
- Countless are the mountains in Yamato,
- But perfect is the heavenly hill of Kagu;
- When I climb it and survey my realm,
- Over the wide plain the smoke-wreaths rise and rise,
- Over the wide lake the gulls are on the wing;
- A beautiful land it is, the land of Yamato!
- -- Emperor Jomei[11]
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[change|change source]References
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- ↑1.01.1Imperial Household Agency(Kunaichō),斉 ngày mai hoàng (34)
- ↑Ponsonby-Fane, Richard.(1959).The Imperial House of Japan,p. 48.
- ↑Titsingh, Isaac.(1834).Annales des empereurs du japon,pp. 42-43;Brown, Delmer.(1979).Gukanshō,pp.263;Varley, H. Paul.(1980).Jinnō Shōtōki.p. 129-130;Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric.(2002). "Traditional order of Tennō" inJapan encyclopedia,pp. 962-963..
- ↑Kelly, Charles F."Kofun Culture,"Japanese Archaeology.April 27, 2009; retrieved 2011-10-18.
- ↑Aston, William George.(1896).Nihongi,pp. 109.
- ↑Varley, p. 129.
- ↑Titsingh, p. 42; Brown, p. 264; Varley, p. 130.
- ↑Varley, p. 44; compareImperial Household Agency(Kunaichō),Ceremony of Accession (Sokui-no-Rei);retrieved 2011-12-23.
- ↑Nussbaurm,"Suiko Tennō"inJapan Encyclopedia,p. 910.
- ↑Ponsonby-Fane, p. 420.
- ↑Nippon Gakujutsu Shinkokai. (1969). "Climbing Kagu-yama and looking upon the land" inThe Manyōshū,p. 3.
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| Preceded by Empress Suiko |
Emperor of Japan Jomei 629–641 |
Succeeded by Empress Kōgyoku |