Emperor Kazan

Emperor Kazan
花山天皇
Emperor of Japan
ReignSeptember 24, 984 – August 1, 986
EnthronementNovember 5, 984
PredecessorEn'yū
SuccessorIchijō
BornNovember 29, 968
Heian Kyō (Kyōto)
DiedMarch 17, 1008(1008-03-17) (aged 39)
Heian Kyō (Kyōto)
Burial
Kamiyagawa no hotori no misasagi (紙屋川上陵) (Kyoto)
Issue
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  • Prince Kiyohito
  • Prince Akinori
  • Kakugen
  • Shinkan
Posthumous name
Tsuigō:
Emperor Kazan (花山院 or 花山天皇)
HouseImperial House of Japan
FatherEmperor Reizei
MotherFujiwara no Kaishi [ja]

Emperor Kazan (花山天皇, Kazan-tennō, November 29, 968 – March 17, 1008) was the 65th emperor of Japan,[1] according to the traditional order of succession.[2]

Kazan's reign spanned the years from 984 through 986.[3]

  1. ^ Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): 花山天皇 (65)
  2. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, p. 72.
  3. ^ Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 300–302; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki,p. 192; Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 148–150., p. 148, at Google Books