Key facts
- Reign
- 3 October 585 – 21 May 587
- Predecessor
- Bidatsu
- Successor
- Sushun
- Born
- 12 October 540
- Died
- 21 May 587 (587-05-21) (aged 46)
- Burial
- Kōchi no Shinaga no hara no misasagi ( 河内磯長原陵 ) (Osaka)
- Spouse
- Princess Hashihito no Anahobe
- Issue among others
- Prince Shōtoku , Princess Sukatehime
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Place of death
- Shiki district
- Father
- Kinmei
- Mother
- Soga no Kitashihime
- Occupation
- ruler
- Position held
- Emperor of Japan
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Family
- Imperial House of Japan
- Image
- Yomeitenno.jpg
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- Commons category
- Emperor Yōmei
- date of birth
- 0600-00-00
- date of death
- 0587-05-27
- cause of death
- smallpox
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- 用明天皇
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Encyclopedic overview
HouseImperial House of Japan FatherEmperor Kinmei MotherSoga no Kitashihime ReligionShinto
Emperor Yōmei (用明天皇, Yōmei-tennō; 12 October 540 – 21 May 587) was the 31st Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yōmei” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.