EMPEROR NINMYō

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was the '54th' emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. He reigned from 833 to March 21, 850. His birth in name was Prince Masara (正良親王, ''Masara-shinnō'').

Contents
Genealogy
Events of Ninmyō''-tennō's life
''Kugyō''
Eras of Ninmyō''-tennō's reign
References

Genealogy


He was the second son of Emperor Saga by the Empress Tachibana no Kachiko.

Events of Ninmyō''-tennō's life


Ninmyō ascended to the throne following the abdication of his uncle, Emperor Junna.

★ '''Tenchō 10''', on the 28th day of the 10th month (833): Empress Junna abdicates; and his nephew receives the succession (‘‘senso’’). Shortly thereafter, Emperor Ninmyō formally accedes to the throne (‘‘sokui’’).[1]
First he made a son of Junna the crown prince. Nine years later in 842 after a coup d'état that crown prince was replaced with Ninmyō's first son, Prince Michiyasu later Emperor Montoku whose mother was the Empress Fujiwara no Junshi, a daughter of Fujiwara no Fuyutsugu. It is supposed there was a political intrigue planned by Nimmyō and Fujiwara no Yoshifusa, the second son of Fuyutsugu and uncle of the new crown prince.
In 850 he abdicated in favor of the Crown Prince Michiyasu who is known as Emperor Montoku.
The successor of Montoku was the third son of Emperor Nimmyō, Prince Tokiyasu.
Emperor Nimyō reigned for 17 years. He died at the age of 41.[2]
''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.-- ''kugyō'' of Ninmyō-tennō (in French)
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 Ninmyō's reign, this apex of the ''Daijō-kan'' included:

★ ''Sadaijin'', Fujiwara Otsugu (藤原緒嗣), 773-843[3]

★ ''Sadaijin'', Minamoto Tokiwa (源常), 812-854[4]

★ ''Udaijin'', Kiyohara Natsuno (清原夏野), 782-837[4]

★ ''Udaijin'', Fujiwara Mimori (藤原三守), d. 840[4]

★ ''Udaijin'', Minamoto Tokiwa (源常)

★ ''Udaijin'', Tachibana Ujitomo (橘氏公), 783-847[4]

★ ''Udaijin'', Fujiwara Yoshifusa (藤原良房), 804-872[8]

Eras of Ninmyō''-tennō's reign


The years of Ninmyō's reign are more specifically identified by more than one era name or ''nengō''.

★ ''Tenchō'' (824-834)

★ ''Jōwa'' (834-848)

★ ''Kashō'' (848-851)

References


1. Varley, H. Paul. (1980). ''Jinnō Shōtōki,'' p. 44. [A distinct act of ''senso'' is unrecognized prior to Emperor Tenji; and all sovereigns except Jitō, Yōzei, Go-Toba, and Fushimi have ''senso'' and ''sokui'' in the same year until the reign of Go-Murakami.]
2. Varley, ''Jinnō Shōtōki,'' p. 165.
3. Brown, D. (1979). ''Gukanshō,'' p. 283.
4. Brown, p. 283.
5. Brown, p. 283.
6. Brown, p. 283.
7. Brown, p. 283.
8. Brown, p. 284.


★ Brown, Delmer and Ichiro Ishida, eds. (1979). ''Gukanshō; "The Future and the Past: a translation and study of the 'Gukanshō,' an interpretive history of Japan written in 1219" translated from the Japanese and edited by Delmer M. Brown & Ichirō Ishida.'' Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-03460-0

Titsingh, Isaac, ed. (1834). [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo, 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.--''Two copies of this rare book have now been made available online: (1) from the library of the University of Michigan, digitized January 30, 2007; and (2) from the library of Stanford University, digitized June 23, 2006.'' Click here to read the original text in French.

★ Varley, H. Paul , ed. (1980). [Kitabatake Chikafusa, 1359], ''Jinnō Shōtōki ("A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa" translated by H. Paul Varley).'' New York: Columbia University Press.



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