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Saga
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Emperor Saga
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Reign
| 809-823
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Predecessor
| Heizei
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Successor
| Junna
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Born
| (
785-02-08
)
February 8, 785
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Died
| August 24, 842
(842-08-24)
(aged 57)
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Burial
| Saga no yamanoe no misasagi
(Kyoto)
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Emperor Saga
(
嵯峨天皇
,
Saga-tenn?
, 8 February 785-24 August 842)
was the 52nd
Emperor of Japan
,
[1]
according to the
traditional order of succession
.
[2]
Saga's
reign
started in 809 and ended in 823.
[3]
Before he became the monarch, this prince's
personal name
(
imina
) was Kamino
(
神野
)
.
[4]
He was the son of
Emperor Kammu
, and he was the younger brother of
Emperor Heizei
by the same mother.
[5]
He had nine Empresses and consorts; and 47 Imperial sons and daughters.
[6]
Saga was known as a good writer. He sponsored the first imperial poetry competitions (
naien
).
[7]
According to legend, he was the first Japanese emperor to drink
tea
.
Before he became the monarch, he was
Crown Prince
for three years.
- 17 June 809
(
Daid?
4, 1st day of the 4th month
): In the 4th year of Emperor Heizei's reign, he was very sick and he
abdicated
. The
succession
(
senso
) was received by his younger brother Then the new emperor is said to have acceded to the throne (
sokui
).
[4]
This was
confirmed
in
ceremonies
.
[8]
- 24 August 842
(
J?wa
9, 15th day of the 7th month
): Saga died at the age of 57.
[9]
According to the
Imperial Household Agency
, the
mausoleum
(
misasagi
) of Heizei is near
Daikaku-ji
in
Uky?-ku, Kyoto
. The emperor is traditionally
venerated
at a
memorial
Shinto
shrine
at this location.
[1]
The years of Kammu's reign are identified by more than one
era name
(
neng?
).
[10]
In ancient Japan, there were four noble clans, the
Gempeit?kitsu
(源平藤橘). One of these clans, the
Minamoto clan
are also known as Genji (源氏). The Saga Genji (嵯峨源氏) are said to be descended from Emperor Saga.
- ↑
1.0
1.1
Imperial Household Agency
(
Kunaich?
),
嵯峨天皇 (52)
; retrieved 2011-10-24.
- ↑
Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959).
The Imperial House of Japan,
pp. 63-64.
- ↑
Titsingh, Isaac.
(1834).
Annales des empereurs du Japon,
pp. 97-102
; Brown, Delmer
et al.
(1979).
Gukansh?,
pp. 280-282
; Varley, H. Paul. (1980).
Jinn? Sh?t?ki,
p. 151-163.
- ↑
4.0
4.1
Titsingh,
p. 97
; Brown,
p. 280
.
- ↑
Varley, p. 151.
- ↑
Brown,
p. 280
.
- ↑
Brown,
p. 281
.
- ↑
Varley, p. 44; a distinct act of
senso
is unrecognized prior to
Emperor Tenji
; and all sovereigns except
Jit?
,
Y?zei
,
Go-Toba
, and
Fushimi
have
senso
and
sokui
in the same year until the reign of
Emperor Go-Murakami
. Compare
Imperial Household Agency
(
Kunaich?
),
Ceremony of Accession (
Sokui-no-Rei
)
; retrieved 2011-12-23.
- ↑
Brown,
p. 282
; Varley, p. 163.
- ↑
Titsingh,
pp. 97-102
.
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