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[[File:Emperor-kazan-mausoleum.jpg|right|thumb|320px|The formal mausoleum of Emperor Kazan: Kamiya-gawa no hotori no misasagi, in northern Kyoto]]
*''Reign: [[984]]-[[986]]''
*''Japanese'': 花山天皇 ''(Kazan tennou)''
Emperor Kazan was an [[emperor]] of the [[Heian period]],
He was named Crown Prince (imperial heir) on [[969]]/8/13, as his father [[Emperor Reizei]] abdicated the throne in favor of Kazan's uncle (Reizei's brother) [[Emperor Enyu|Emperor En'yû]]. Kazan would then succeed his uncle in [[984]].
He was a grandson of [[Fujiwara no Koretada]]. [[Fujiwara no Yoritada]] served as ''[[kanpaku]]'' throughout Kazan's reign.
After only a two-year reign, Kazan abdicated the throne in [[986]] in favor of one of his cousins (a son of Emperor En'yû), who then took the throne as [[Emperor Ichijo|Emperor Ichijô]]. A poem Kazan composed on the occasion of his abdication has come to associate him, famously, with the moon. It reads:
''Kokoro mi ni''
''Hoka no tsuki o mo''
''Mite shigana''
''Waga yado kara no''
''Aware naru ka to''
I should like
Another moon
to see.
The one [seen] from my own house
Would it be as moving?
The poem speaks of Kazan's trepidation at leaving the comforts and pleasures of his old life for a new one (in retirement). Due to this poem, and Kazan's association with the moon, a depiction of Kazan was included by ''[[ukiyo-e]]'' artist [[Tsukioka Yoshitoshi]] in his series "100 Aspects of the Moon."
Though Emperor Kazan was buried at [[Ryoan-ji|Ryôan-ji]] alongside many other emperors, his official mausoleum is considered to be ''Kamiya-gawa no hotori no misasagi'' in the Kinugasa-takahashi neighborhood of northern [[Kyoto]].
<center>
{| border="3" align="center"
|- align="center"
|width="35%"|Preceded by<br>'''[[Emperor Enyu|Emperor En'yû]]'''
|width="25%"|'''Emperor of Japan<br>[[984]]-[[986]]'''
|width="35%"|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Emperor Ichijo|Emperor Ichijô]]'''
|}
</center>
==References==
*Evelyn Rawski, ''Early Modern China and Northeast Asia: Cross-Border Perspectives'', Cambridge University Press (2015), 155.
[[Category:Emperors|Kazan]]
[[Category:Heian Period]]
*''Reign: [[984]]-[[986]]''
*''Japanese'': 花山天皇 ''(Kazan tennou)''
Emperor Kazan was an [[emperor]] of the [[Heian period]],
He was named Crown Prince (imperial heir) on [[969]]/8/13, as his father [[Emperor Reizei]] abdicated the throne in favor of Kazan's uncle (Reizei's brother) [[Emperor Enyu|Emperor En'yû]]. Kazan would then succeed his uncle in [[984]].
He was a grandson of [[Fujiwara no Koretada]]. [[Fujiwara no Yoritada]] served as ''[[kanpaku]]'' throughout Kazan's reign.
After only a two-year reign, Kazan abdicated the throne in [[986]] in favor of one of his cousins (a son of Emperor En'yû), who then took the throne as [[Emperor Ichijo|Emperor Ichijô]]. A poem Kazan composed on the occasion of his abdication has come to associate him, famously, with the moon. It reads:
''Kokoro mi ni''
''Hoka no tsuki o mo''
''Mite shigana''
''Waga yado kara no''
''Aware naru ka to''
I should like
Another moon
to see.
The one [seen] from my own house
Would it be as moving?
The poem speaks of Kazan's trepidation at leaving the comforts and pleasures of his old life for a new one (in retirement). Due to this poem, and Kazan's association with the moon, a depiction of Kazan was included by ''[[ukiyo-e]]'' artist [[Tsukioka Yoshitoshi]] in his series "100 Aspects of the Moon."
Though Emperor Kazan was buried at [[Ryoan-ji|Ryôan-ji]] alongside many other emperors, his official mausoleum is considered to be ''Kamiya-gawa no hotori no misasagi'' in the Kinugasa-takahashi neighborhood of northern [[Kyoto]].
<center>
{| border="3" align="center"
|- align="center"
|width="35%"|Preceded by<br>'''[[Emperor Enyu|Emperor En'yû]]'''
|width="25%"|'''Emperor of Japan<br>[[984]]-[[986]]'''
|width="35%"|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Emperor Ichijo|Emperor Ichijô]]'''
|}
</center>
==References==
*Evelyn Rawski, ''Early Modern China and Northeast Asia: Cross-Border Perspectives'', Cambridge University Press (2015), 155.
[[Category:Emperors|Kazan]]
[[Category:Heian Period]]