Emperor Jomei

Emperor Jomei
舒明天皇
Great King of Yamato
Emperor of Japan
Reign629–641
PredecessorSuiko
SuccessorKōgyoku
BornTamura (田村)
17 April 593
Died17 November 641 (aged 48)
Kudara no Miya
Burial
Osaka no uchi no misasagi (Nara)
SpouseTakara (later Empress Kōgyoku)
Issue
Posthumous name
Chinese-style shigō:
Emperor Jomei (舒明天皇)

Japanese-style shigō:
Okinagatarashihihironuka no Sumeramikoto (息長足日広額天皇)
HouseImperial House of Japan
FatherPrince Oshisako-no-hikohito-no-Ōe [ja]
MotherPrincess Nukate-hime

Emperor Jomei (舒明天皇, Jomei-tennō, April 17, 593 – November 17, 641) was the 34th emperor of Japan,[1] according to the traditional order of succession.[2]

Jomei's reign spanned the years from 629 through 641.[3]

  1. ^ Kunaichō: 斉明天皇 (34)
  2. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, p. 48.
  3. ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 42–43, p. 42, at Google Books; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp.263; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki. p. 129–130.