Japan: Emperors: 593-984Each ruler is recorded under the following protocol: posthumous name || personal name; the other entries follow the definitions in the Notes. |
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| Tennō (from ca. 672) | |
| 15 Jan 593 - 15 Apr 628 | Suiko-tennō || Nukadabe |
| old posthumous name: Toyo-mike-kashiki-ya-hime-no-sumera-mikoto | |
| 2 Feb 629 - 17 Nov 641 | Jomei-tennō || Tamura |
| old posthumous name: Okinaga-tarashi-hi-hiro-nuka-no-sumera-mikoto | |
| 19 Feb 642 - 12 Jul 645 | Kōgyoku-tennō || Takara |
| old posthumous name: Ame-toyo-takura-ikashi-hi-tarashi-hime-no-sumera-mikoto | |
| 12 Jul 645 - 24 Nov 654 | Kōtoku-tennō || Karu |
| old posthumous name: Ame-yorozu-toyo-hi-no-sumera-mikoto | |
| 14 Feb 655 - 24 Aug 661 | Saimei-tennō (alternative reading: Saimyō-tennō) || Takara |
| old posthumous name: Ame-toyo-takura-ikashi-hi-tarashi-hime-no-sumera-mikoto | |
| 24 Aug 661 - 7 Jan 672 | Tenji-tennō || Katsuragi Naka-no-ōe [1] |
| old posthumous name: Ame-mikoto-hirakasu-wake-no-sumera-mikoto | |
| 9 Jan 672 - 21 Aug 672 | Kōbun-tennō || Ōtomo Iga |
| 20 Mar 673 - 1 Oct 686 | Tenmu-tennō || Ō-ama |
| old posthumous name: Ame-no-nunahara-oki-no-mabito-no-sumera-mikoto | |
| 1 Oct 686 - 22 Aug 697 | Jitō-tennō || Uno-no-sarara [2] |
| old posthumous name: Takama-no-hara-hiro-no-hime-no-sumera-mikoto | |
| 22 (or 23) Aug 697 - 18 Jul 707 | Monmu-tennō || Karu |
| old posthumous name: Ama-no-mamune-toyo-ōji-no-sumera-mikoto | |
| 27 Jul 707 - 3 Oct 715 | Genmei-tennō (alternative reading: Genmyō-tennō) || Abe |
| old posthumous name: Yamato-neko-amatsu-mi-shiro-toyo-kuni-nari-hime-no-sumera-mikoto | |
| 3 Oct 715 - 3 Mar 724 | Genshō-tennō || Hitaka Nii-no-mi |
| old posthumous name: Yamato-neko-taka-mizu-kiyo-tarashi-hime-no-sumera-mikoto | |
| 3 Mar 724 - 19 Aug 749 | Shōmu-tennō || Ōbito (Buddhist name in retirement: Shōman) |
| old posthumous name: Ame-shirushi-kuni-oshi-haruki-toyo-asakura-hiko-no-sumera-mikoto | |
| 19 Aug 749 - 7 Sep 758 | Kōken-tennō || Abe |
| old posthumous name: Taka-no-hime-no-sumera-mikoto | |
| by-name between reigns: 7 Sep 758 - 6 Nov 764 Takano-tennō | |
| 7 Sep 758 - 6 Nov 764 | Junnin-tennö || Ō-i |
| posthumous by-name: Awaji-no-haitei | |
| 6 Nov 764 - 28 Aug 770 | Shōtoku-tennō || Abe (Buddhist name in retirement: Hokini) |
| old posthumous name: Taka-no-hime-no-sumera-mikoto | |
| 28 Aug 770 - 30 Apr 781 | Kōnin-tennō || Shirakabe |
| old posthumous name: Ame-mune-taka-tsugi-no-sumera-mikoto | |
| 30 Apr 781 - 9 Apr 806 | Kanmu-tennō || Yamabe |
| old posthumous name: Yamato-neko-amatsu-hitsugi-iyaderi-no-sumera-mikoto | |
| posthumous by-name: Kashiwabara-haitei | |
| 9 Apr 806 - 18 May 809 | Heizei-tennō (alternative reading: Heijō-tennō) || Ate |
| old posthumous name: Yamato-neko-ame-oshi-kuni-take-hiko-no-sumera-mikoto | |
| posthumous by-name: Nara-tei | |
| 18 May 809 - 29 May 823 | Saga-tennō || Kamino |
| 29 May 823 - 22 Mar 833 | Junna-tennō || Ōtomo |
| old posthumous name: Yamato-neko-ame-takayuzuru-iyatō-no-sumera-mikoto | |
| posthumous by-name: Sai-in-tennō | |
| 22 Mar 833 - 6 May 850 | Ninmyō-tennō || Masara (alternative reading: Masayoshi) |
| old posthumous name: Yamato-neko-ame-shirushi-toyo-sato-no-sumera-mikoto | |
| posthumous by-name: Fukakusa-tei | |
| 6 May 850 - 7 Oct 858 | Montoku-tennō || Michiyasu |
| posthumous by-name: Tamura-tei | |
| 7 Oct 858 - 18 Dec 876 | Seiwa-tennō || Korehito (Buddhist name after retirment: Soshin) |
| posthumous by-name: Mino-o-tei | |
| 18 Dec 876 - 4 Mar 884 | Yōzei-tennō || Sadaakira |
| posthumous by-name: Nijō-in | |
| 4 (or 5) Mar 884 - 17 Sep 887 | Kōkō-tennō || Tokiyasu |
| posthumous by-name: Komatsu-tei | |
| 17 Sep 887 - 4 Aug 897 | Uda-tennō || Sadami (alternative reading: Sadayoshi; Buddhist name after retirement: Kongō-kaku) |
| posthumous by-name: Chōji-in-tei | |
| 4 Aug 897 - 16 Oct 930 | Daigo-tennō || Atsugimi (alternative reading: Atsuhito; Buddhist name after retirement: Hō-kongō) |
| posthumous by-name: Ono-tei | |
| 16 Oct 930 - 23 May 946 | Suzaku-tennō (alternative reading: Shujaku-tennō) || Yutaakira (alternative reading: Hiraakira) |
| 23 May 946 - 5 Jul 967 | Murakami-tennō || Nariakira (Buddhist name after retirment: Hō-kongō) |
| 5 Jul 967 - 27 Sep 969 | Reizei-tennō || Norihira |
| posthumous by-name: Reizei-in Jōkō | |
| 27 Sep 969 - 24 Sep 984 | En'yū-tennō || Morihira (Buddhiast name after retirement: Kongō Hō) |
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| [1] | Governed 24 Aug 661 - 20 Feb 668 as Kōtaishi ("prince imperial") before installation. |
| [2] | 1 Oct 686 - 18 May 688 nominally governed for Kusakabe-ōji (died before proclamation; posthumous name: Okanomiyagou-tennō) and was installed only 14 Feb 690. |
Last update: 25 Dec 2023