Emperor Saga

Not to be confused with Emperors SaGa.

Emperor Saga
嵯峨天皇
Emperor of Japan
ReignMay 18, 809 – May 29, 823
EnthronementMay 30, 809
PredecessorHeizei
SuccessorJunna
BornKamino (神野)
October 3, 784
DiedAugust 24, 842(842-08-24) (aged 57)
Burial
Saga no yamanoe no misasagi
SpouseTachibana no Kachiko
Issue
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Posthumous name
Tsuigō:
Emperor Saga (嵯峨天皇)
HouseImperial House of Japan
FatherEmperor Kanmu
MotherFujiwara no Otomuro
Cry for noble Saichō (哭最澄上人), which was written by Emperor Saga for Saichō's death. Saga was a scholar of the Chinese classics. He was also renowned as a skillful calligrapher. Chinese calligraphic influence was weakened during the Heian period; this text was an example of the different way it was evolving in Japan.

Emperor Saga (嵯峨天皇, Saga-tennō, October 3, 786 – August 24, 842) was the 52nd emperor of Japan,[1] according to the traditional order of succession.[2] Saga's reign lasted from 809 to 823.[3]

  1. ^ Emperor Saga, Saganoyamanoe Imperial Mausoleum, Imperial Household Agency
  2. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, pp. 63–64.
  3. ^ Brown and Ishida, pp. 280–282; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, p. 151–163; Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 97–102., p. 97, at Google Books