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*''Reign: [[947]]-[[967]]''
*''Reign: [[946]]-[[967]]''
*''Japanese'': 村上天皇 ''(Murakami tennou)''
*''Japanese'': 村上天皇 ''(Murakami tennou)''
Emperor Murakami reigned from [[947]] to [[967]], and is known for appointing no regent (''[[kanpaku]]''), thus weakening the power of the [[Fujiwara clan]] at court.
Emperor Murakami reigned from [[946]] to [[967]], and is known for appointing no regent (''[[kanpaku]]''), thus weakening the power of the [[Fujiwara clan]] at court.
He was a grandson of [[Fujiwara no Mototsune]] and succeeded his older brother [[Emperor Suzaku]] in 946. Murakami was then succeeded in turn by one his sons, who took the throne as [[Emperor Reizei]] in 967.
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|width="35%"|Preceded by<br>'''[[Emperor Suzaku]]'''
|width="25%"|'''Emperor of Japan<br>[[946]]-[[967]]'''
|width="35%"|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Emperor Reizei]]'''
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==References==
==References==
*Arai Hakuseki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 300n39.
*Arai Hakuseki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 300n39.
*Evelyn Rawski, ''Early Modern China and Northeast Asia: Cross-Border Perspectives'', Cambridge University Press (2015), 155.
[[Category:Emperors|Murakami]]
[[Category:Emperors|Murakami]]
[[Category:Heian Period]]
[[Category:Heian Period]]
