Emperor Tenmu
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Emperor Tenmu 天武天皇 | |||||
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Emperor of Japan | |||||
Reign | 673–686 | ||||
Predecessor | Kōbun | ||||
Successor | Jitō | ||||
Born | Ōama (大海人) 631 | ||||
Died | October 1, 686 | (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... | |||||
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House | Yamato | ||||
Father | Emperor Jomei | ||||
Mother | Empress Kōgyoku | ||||
Religion | Shintoism, later Buddhism |
Emperor Tenmu was the 40th Emperor of Japan. He reigned from 673 to 686.[1]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 55–58, p. 55, at Google Books; Brown, Delmer M. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 268–269.