Key facts
- Reign
- 18 December 876 – 4 March 884
- Enthronement
- 20 January 877
- Predecessor
- Seiwa
- Successor
- Kōkō
- Born
- 2 January 869, 染殿第（Somedonodai）
- Died
- 23 October 949 (949-10-23) (aged 80), Reizei-in palace (冷泉院)
- Burial
- Kaguragaoka no Higashi no misasagi (神楽岡東陵) (Kyōto)
- Issue
- Prince Motoyoshi Prince Motonaga Prince Mototoshi Princess Chōshi Princess Genshi Prince Motohira Minamoto no Kiyokage Minamoto no Kiyotō Minamoto no Kiyomi
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Place of birth
- Heian-kyō
- Father
- Seiwa
- Mother
- Fujiwara no Takaiko
- Occupation
- writer
- Position held
- Emperor of Japan
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Family
- Imperial House of Japan
- Image
- Hyakuninisshu 013.jpg
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- Commons category
- Emperor Yōzei
- date of birth
- 0869-01-02
- date of death
- 0949-10-23
- name in native language
- 陽成天皇
- name in kana
- ようぜい てんのう
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Encyclopedic overview
HouseImperial House of Japan FatherEmperor Seiwa MotherFujiwara no Takaiko
Emperor Yōzei (陽成天皇, Yōzei-tennō; 2 January 869 – 23 October 949) was the 57th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Yōzei's reign spanned the years from 876 through 884.Before his ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne, his personal name (his imina) was Sadaakira Shinnō (貞明親王). In ancient Japan, there were four noble clans, the Gempeitōkitsu (源平藤橘). One of these clans, the Minamoto clan (源氏) are also known as Genji, and of these, the Yōzei Genji (陽成源氏) are descended from the 57th emperor Yōzei.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yōzei” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.