Emperor Momozono

• Reign: 1747-1762
• Japanese: 桃園天皇 (Momozono tennou)

Emperor Momozono was an emperor of the mid-Edo period.

He took the throne in 1747 following the abdication of his father Emperor Sakuramachi. Momozono then abdicated in 1762, and was succeeded by his sister, who took the throne as Empress Go-Sakuramachi.

Preceded by Emperor Sakuramachi

Emperor of Japan 1747-1762

Succeeded by Empress Go-Sakuramachi

References

• Evelyn Rawski, Early Modern China and Northeast Asia: Cross-Border Perspectives, Cambridge University Press (2015), 157.