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| Emperor Seiwa is known chiefly as the ancestor of the [[Seiwa Genji]], the most prominent, powerful, and historically significant branch of the [[Minamoto clan]]. | | Emperor Seiwa is known chiefly as the ancestor of the [[Seiwa Genji]], the most prominent, powerful, and historically significant branch of the [[Minamoto clan]]. |
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| + | Seiwa succeeded his father [[Emperor Montoku]] as emperor. His grandfather [[Fujiwara no Yoshifusa]] served as regent (''sesshô'') for a time.<ref>Evelyn Rawski, ''Early Modern China and Northeast Asia: Cross-Border Perspectives'', Cambridge University Press (2015), 155.</ref> |
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| + | Seiwa was a devout Buddhist, and granted the title of ''Hôin Yamato jôi'' ("Yamato Upper Rank Seal of the Law") to [[Kukai|Kûkai]].<ref>Ono Masako, Tomita Chinatsu, Kanna Keiko, Taguchi Megumi, "Shiryô shôkai Kishi Akimasa bunko Satsuyû kikô," ''Shiryôhenshûshitsu kiyô'' 31 (2006), 252.</ref> |
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| 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]]. | | 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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| + | Seiwa was succeeded by one of his sons, who took the throne as [[Emperor Yozei|Emperor Yôzei]]. |
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
− | *Karl Friday, ''Samurai Warfare and the State in Early Medieval Japan'', Routledge (2004), 9. | + | *Karl Friday, ''Samurai Warfare and the State in Early Medieval Japan'', Routledge (2004), 9. |
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− | [[Category:Emperors]] | + | [[Category:Emperors|Seiwa]] |
| [[Category:Heian Period]] | | [[Category:Heian Period]] |