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*''Reign: [[876]]-[[884]]''
*''Other Names: Prince Sadaakira''
*''Japanese'': 陽成天皇 ''(Youzei tennou)''
Emperor Yôzei succeeded his father [[Emperor Seiwa]] in [[876]], at the age of nine, upon Seiwa's retirement. Yôzei's maternal grandfather was [[Fujiwara no Nagara]], but his uncle [[Fujiwara no Mototsune]] served as ''[[sessho|sesshô]]'' (regent) for him.
Yôzei abdicated in favor of a distant relative in [[884]], who then took the throne as [[Emperor Koko|Emperor Kôkô]].
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|width="35%"|Preceded by<br>'''[[Emperor Seiwa]]'''
|width="25%"|'''Emperor of Japan<br>[[876]]-[[884]]'''
|width="35%"|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Emperor Koko|Emperor Kôkô]]'''
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==References==
*Joan Piggott, ed. ''Capital and Countryside in Japan, 300-1180'', University of Cornell, NY, 2006.
*Evelyn Rawski, ''Early Modern China and Northeast Asia: Cross-Border Perspectives'', Cambridge University Press (2015), 155.
[[Category:Emperors]]
[[Category:Heian Period]]
*''Other Names: Prince Sadaakira''
*''Japanese'': 陽成天皇 ''(Youzei tennou)''
Emperor Yôzei succeeded his father [[Emperor Seiwa]] in [[876]], at the age of nine, upon Seiwa's retirement. Yôzei's maternal grandfather was [[Fujiwara no Nagara]], but his uncle [[Fujiwara no Mototsune]] served as ''[[sessho|sesshô]]'' (regent) for him.
Yôzei abdicated in favor of a distant relative in [[884]], who then took the throne as [[Emperor Koko|Emperor Kôkô]].
<center>
{| border="3" align="center"
|- align="center"
|width="35%"|Preceded by<br>'''[[Emperor Seiwa]]'''
|width="25%"|'''Emperor of Japan<br>[[876]]-[[884]]'''
|width="35%"|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Emperor Koko|Emperor Kôkô]]'''
|}
</center>
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==References==
*Joan Piggott, ed. ''Capital and Countryside in Japan, 300-1180'', University of Cornell, NY, 2006.
*Evelyn Rawski, ''Early Modern China and Northeast Asia: Cross-Border Perspectives'', Cambridge University Press (2015), 155.
[[Category:Emperors]]
[[Category:Heian Period]]