Emperor Murakami

Emperor Murakami
村上天皇
Emperor of Japan
Reign23 May 946 – 5 July 967
Enthronement31 May 946
PredecessorSuzaku
SuccessorReizei
Born14 July 924
Heian Kyō (Kyōto)
Died5 July 967(967-07-05) (aged 42)
Seiryōden of the Heian Kyō
Burial
Murakami no misasagi (村上陵) (Kyōto)
SpouseFujiwara no Anshi
Issue
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Posthumous name
Tsuigō:
Emperor Murakami (村上天皇)
HouseImperial House of Japan
FatherEmperor Daigo
MotherFujiwara no Onshi

Emperor Murakami (村上天皇, Murakami-tennō, 14 July 924 – 5 July 967) was the 62nd emperor of Japan,[1] according to the traditional order of succession.[2]

Murakami's reign spanned the years from 946 to his death in 967.[3]

  1. ^ Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): 村上天皇 (62)
  2. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, pp. 70–71.
  3. ^ Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 295–298; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 183–190; Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 139–142., p. 139, at Google Books