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*''Reign: [[858]]-[[876]]''
*''Japanese'': 清和天皇 ''(Seiwa tennou)''
Emperor Seiwa is known chiefly as the ancestor of the [[Seiwa Genji]], the most prominent, powerful, and historically significant branch of the [[Minamoto clan]].
Seiwa had six sons who bore the surname Minamoto - a name granted as an honor by the Imperial court. The Seiwa Genji - including first [[Kamakura shogunate|Kamakura shogun]] [[Minamoto no Yoritomo]] and his brother, the famous [[Minamoto no Yoshitsune]] - claimed descent from Seiwa's sixth son, [[Minamoto no Sadazumi]], through Sadazumi's son [[Minamoto no Tsunemoto]].
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|width="35%"|Preceded by<br>'''[[Emperor Montoku]]'''
|width="25%"|'''Emperor of Japan<br>[[858]]-[[876]]'''
|width="35%"|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Emperor Yozei|Emperor Yôzei]]'''
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==References==
*Karl Friday, ''Samurai Warfare and the State in Early Medieval Japan'', Routledge (2004), 9.
[[Category:Emperors]]
[[Category:Heian Period]]
*''Japanese'': 清和天皇 ''(Seiwa tennou)''
Emperor Seiwa is known chiefly as the ancestor of the [[Seiwa Genji]], the most prominent, powerful, and historically significant branch of the [[Minamoto clan]].
Seiwa had six sons who bore the surname Minamoto - a name granted as an honor by the Imperial court. The Seiwa Genji - including first [[Kamakura shogunate|Kamakura shogun]] [[Minamoto no Yoritomo]] and his brother, the famous [[Minamoto no Yoshitsune]] - claimed descent from Seiwa's sixth son, [[Minamoto no Sadazumi]], through Sadazumi's son [[Minamoto no Tsunemoto]].
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<center>
{| border="3" align="center"
|- align="center"
|width="35%"|Preceded by<br>'''[[Emperor Montoku]]'''
|width="25%"|'''Emperor of Japan<br>[[858]]-[[876]]'''
|width="35%"|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Emperor Yozei|Emperor Yôzei]]'''
|}
</center>
==References==
*Karl Friday, ''Samurai Warfare and the State in Early Medieval Japan'', Routledge (2004), 9.
[[Category:Emperors]]
[[Category:Heian Period]]