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− | *''Reign: [[947]]-[[967]]'' | + | *''Reign: [[946]]-[[967]]'' |
| *''Japanese'': 村上天皇 ''(Murakami tennou)'' | | *''Japanese'': 村上天皇 ''(Murakami tennou)'' |
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− | Emperor Murakami reigned from [[947]] to [[967]], and is known for appointing no regent (''[[kanpaku]]''), thus weakening the power of the [[Fujiwara clan]] at court. | + | Emperor Murakami reigned from [[946]] to [[967]], and is known for appointing no regent (''[[kanpaku]]''), thus weakening the power of the [[Fujiwara clan]] at court. |
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| + | He was a grandson of [[Fujiwara no Mototsune]] and succeeded his older brother [[Emperor Suzaku]] in 946. Murakami was then succeeded in turn by one his sons, who took the throne as [[Emperor Reizei]] in 967. |
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| + | |width="35%"|Preceded by<br>'''[[Emperor Suzaku]]''' |
| + | |width="25%"|'''Emperor of Japan<br>[[946]]-[[967]]''' |
| + | |width="35%"|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Emperor Reizei]]''' |
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
| *Arai Hakuseki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 300n39. | | *Arai Hakuseki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 300n39. |
| + | *Evelyn Rawski, ''Early Modern China and Northeast Asia: Cross-Border Perspectives'', Cambridge University Press (2015), 155. |
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| [[Category:Emperors|Murakami]] | | [[Category:Emperors|Murakami]] |
| [[Category:Heian Period]] | | [[Category:Heian Period]] |