Emperor Uda

Emperor Uda
宇多天皇
Emperor of Japan
ReignSeptember 17, 887 – August 4, 897
EnthronementDecember 5, 887
PredecessorKōkō
SuccessorDaigo
BornJune 10, 866
Heian Kyō (Kyōto)
DiedSeptember 3, 931(931-09-03) (aged 65)
Buddhist temple of Ninna-ji (仁和寺)
Burial
Ōuchiyama no misasagi (大内山陵) (Kyoto)
Issue
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Emperor Daigo
Posthumous name
Tsuigō:
Emperor Uda (宇多院 or 宇多天皇)
HouseImperial House of Japan
FatherEmperor Kōkō
MotherHanshi [ja]

Emperor Uda (宇多天皇, Uda-tennō, June 10, 866 – September 3, 931) was the 59th emperor of Japan,[1] according to the traditional order of succession.[2]

Uda's reign spanned the years from 887 through 897.[3]

  1. ^ Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): 宇多天皇 (59)
  2. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, pp. 67–68.
  3. ^ Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 289–290; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 175–179; Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 125–129., p. 125, at Google Books