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Created page with "*''Died: 1011/6/22'' *''Reign: 986-1011'' *''Japanese'': 一条天皇 ''(Ichijou tennou)'' Emperor Ichijô was an emperor of the Heian period. A son of [[Emp..."
*''Died: [[1011]]/6/22''
*''Reign: [[986]]-1011''
*''Japanese'': 一条天皇 ''(Ichijou tennou)''
Emperor Ichijô was an [[emperor]] of the [[Heian period]].
A son of [[Emperor Enyu|Emperor En'yû]], born in the [[Sanjo Palace|Sanjô Palace]] and largely raised there by his grandfather [[Fujiwara no Kaneie]], he succeeded to the throne upon the abdication of his uncle [[Emperor Kazan]] on [[986]]/6/23. His accession ceremony was held on 7/22 that year. Ichijô's grandfather Fujiwara no Kaneie served as ''[[sessho|sesshô]]'' (regent for an emperor in his minority) from 986 until [[990]], and very briefly as ''[[kanpaku]]'' (regent for an adult emperor) following Ichijô's ''[[genpuku]]'' (coming of age) that year at the age of ten. Later that same year (990), [[Fujiwara no Michitaka]] took over as regent, holding the title of ''sesshô'' until [[993]] and then that of ''kanpaku'' until [[995]]. Finally, [[Fujiwara no Michikane]] served as ''kanpaku'' briefly in 995.
He took Fujiwara no Akiko, a daughter of [[Fujiwara no Michinaga]], as his First Empress; she came to be known as [[Emperor Shoshi|Empress Shôshi]]. In [[1000]], he promoted Fujiwara no Sadako, also known as [[Empress Teishi]], to First Empress, demoting Shôshi to Second Empress and creating considerable factional tension within the palace. As [[Murasaki Shikibu]] served Shôshi and [[Sei Shonagon|Sei Shônagon]] served Teishi, this event contributed to rivalries between the two women which appear in their writings.
Ichijô abdicated the throne on [[1011]]/6/13 in favor of his cousin, a son of [[Emperor Reizei]], who took the throne as [[Emperor Sanjo|Emperor Sanjô]]. Ichijô then formally took the tonsure and entered retirement on 6/19, but died several days later on 1011/6/22. One of his sons would later succeed Emperor Sanjô as [[Emperor Go-Ichijo|Emperor Go-Ichijô]].
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{| border="3" align="center"
|- align="center"
|width="35%"|Preceded by<br>'''[[Emperor Kazan]]'''
|width="25%"|'''Emperor of Japan<br>[[986]]-[[1011]]'''
|width="35%"|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Emperor Sanjo|Emperor Sanjô]]'''
|}
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==References==
*Evelyn Rawski, ''Early Modern China and Northeast Asia: Cross-Border Perspectives'', Cambridge University Press (2015), 155.
[[Category:Emperors|Ichijo]]
[[Category:Heian Period]]
*''Reign: [[986]]-1011''
*''Japanese'': 一条天皇 ''(Ichijou tennou)''
Emperor Ichijô was an [[emperor]] of the [[Heian period]].
A son of [[Emperor Enyu|Emperor En'yû]], born in the [[Sanjo Palace|Sanjô Palace]] and largely raised there by his grandfather [[Fujiwara no Kaneie]], he succeeded to the throne upon the abdication of his uncle [[Emperor Kazan]] on [[986]]/6/23. His accession ceremony was held on 7/22 that year. Ichijô's grandfather Fujiwara no Kaneie served as ''[[sessho|sesshô]]'' (regent for an emperor in his minority) from 986 until [[990]], and very briefly as ''[[kanpaku]]'' (regent for an adult emperor) following Ichijô's ''[[genpuku]]'' (coming of age) that year at the age of ten. Later that same year (990), [[Fujiwara no Michitaka]] took over as regent, holding the title of ''sesshô'' until [[993]] and then that of ''kanpaku'' until [[995]]. Finally, [[Fujiwara no Michikane]] served as ''kanpaku'' briefly in 995.
He took Fujiwara no Akiko, a daughter of [[Fujiwara no Michinaga]], as his First Empress; she came to be known as [[Emperor Shoshi|Empress Shôshi]]. In [[1000]], he promoted Fujiwara no Sadako, also known as [[Empress Teishi]], to First Empress, demoting Shôshi to Second Empress and creating considerable factional tension within the palace. As [[Murasaki Shikibu]] served Shôshi and [[Sei Shonagon|Sei Shônagon]] served Teishi, this event contributed to rivalries between the two women which appear in their writings.
Ichijô abdicated the throne on [[1011]]/6/13 in favor of his cousin, a son of [[Emperor Reizei]], who took the throne as [[Emperor Sanjo|Emperor Sanjô]]. Ichijô then formally took the tonsure and entered retirement on 6/19, but died several days later on 1011/6/22. One of his sons would later succeed Emperor Sanjô as [[Emperor Go-Ichijo|Emperor Go-Ichijô]].
<center>
{| border="3" align="center"
|- align="center"
|width="35%"|Preceded by<br>'''[[Emperor Kazan]]'''
|width="25%"|'''Emperor of Japan<br>[[986]]-[[1011]]'''
|width="35%"|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Emperor Sanjo|Emperor Sanjô]]'''
|}
</center>
==References==
*Evelyn Rawski, ''Early Modern China and Northeast Asia: Cross-Border Perspectives'', Cambridge University Press (2015), 155.
[[Category:Emperors|Ichijo]]
[[Category:Heian Period]]