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*''Date: [[672]]''
*''Japanese'': 壬申の乱 ''(Jinshin no ran)''
The Jinshin War was a succession dispute which took place in [[672]] between [[Emperor Tenji|Emperor Tenji's]] brother [[Emperor Temmu|Prince Ôama]] and Tenji's son [[Prince Otomo|Prince Ôtomo]].
Ôama eventually defeated his nephew, and took the throne as Emperor Temmu, ruling until [[686]].
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==References==
*David Lu, ''Sources of Japanese History'', New York: McGraw Hill (1973), 36.
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