Emperor Toba

Emperor Toba
鳥羽天皇
Emperor of Japan
ReignAugust 9, 1107 – February 25, 1123
EnthronementJanuary 15, 1108
PredecessorHorikawa
SuccessorSutoku
BornFebruary 24, 1103
DiedJuly 20, 1156(1156-07-20) (aged 53)
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Posthumous name
Tsuigō:
Emperor Toba (鳥羽院 or 鳥羽天皇)
HouseImperial House of Japan
FatherEmperor Horikawa
MotherFujiwara no Ishi [ja]

Emperor Toba (鳥羽天皇, Toba-tennō, February 24, 1103 – July 20, 1156) was the 74th Emperor of Japan,[1] according to the traditional order of succession.[2]

Toba's reign spanned the years from 1107 through 1123.[3]

  1. ^ Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): 鳥羽天皇 (74)
  2. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, pp. 79.
  3. ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 178–181; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 320–322; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki. pp. 203–204.