Emperor Konoe

Emperor Konoe
近衛天皇
Emperor of Japan
ReignJanuary 5, 1142 – August 22, 1155
EnthronementJanuary 25, 1142
PredecessorSutoku
SuccessorGo-Shirakawa
BornJune 16, 1139
DiedAugust 22, 1155(1155-08-22) (aged 16)
Burial
Spouses
(m. 1150)
(m. 1150)
Posthumous name
Tsuigō:
Emperor Konoe (近衛院 or 近衛天皇)
HouseImperial House of Japan
FatherEmperor Toba
MotherFujiwara no Nariko

Emperor Konoe (近衛天皇, Konoe-tennō, June 16, 1139 – August 22, 1155) was the 76th emperor of Japan,[1] according to the traditional order of succession.[2]

Konoe's reign spanned the years from 1142 through 1155.[3]

  1. ^ Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): 近衛天皇 (76)
  2. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, pp. 80.
  3. ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 186–188; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 324–326; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki. p. 205.