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Reizei is said to have been a beautiful, elegant person, though he had some kind of disease or injury to his leg that made it seem like he was dancing a strange dance or constantly kicking a ''[[kemari]]'' ball; this often went unnoticed, however.

Reizei is said to have been a beautiful, elegant person, though he had some kind of disease or injury to his leg that made it seem like he was dancing a strange dance or constantly kicking a ''[[kemari]]'' ball; this often went unnoticed, however.

Reizei abdicated only two years after his reign began, and went on to live another 42 years as [[Insei|Retired Emperor]]. He is buried at Sakuramoto no misasagi in the Shishigatani area of eastern Kyoto.

Reizei abdicated only two years after his reign began, and went on to live another 42 years as [[Insei|Retired Emperor]]. [[Kitabatake Chikafusa]] records him as declining to be called ''tennô'' ("[[Emperor]]") following his death.<ref>[[Luke Roberts]], ''Performing the Great Peace'', University of Hawaii Press (2012), 171.</ref> He is buried at Sakuramoto no misasagi in the Shishigatani area of eastern Kyoto.

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*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%86%B7%E6%B3%89%E5%A4%A9%E7%9A%87 Reizei tennô]." ''Asahi Nihon rekishi jinbutsu jiten'' 朝日日本歴史人物事. Asahi Shimbun-sha.

*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%86%B7%E6%B3%89%E5%A4%A9%E7%9A%87 Reizei tennô]." ''Asahi Nihon rekishi jinbutsu jiten'' 朝日日本歴史人物事. Asahi Shimbun-sha.

*Reischauer, Robert Karl. ''Early Japanese History (c. 40 BC - AD 1167)''. Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith, 1967. p295.

*Reischauer, Robert Karl. ''Early Japanese History (c. 40 BC - AD 1167)''. Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith, 1967. p295.

[[Category:Heian Period]]

[[Category:Heian Period]]

[[Category:Emperors|Reizei]]

[[Category:Emperors|Reizei]]