page_title: Emperor Saga
hierarchical_section_title: Emperor Saga
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: 哭最澄上人　嵯峨天皇宸翰 English: Koku Saityou shounin, written by Emperor Saga. owned by Prince Konoe family Transcription (Japanese characters here are read top to bottom, right to left): 像爐蒼生橋梁 / 少緇侶律儀疎 / 法軆何久住塵 / 心傷有餘
context_page_description: Emperor Saga was the 52nd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Saga's reign spanned the years from 809 through 823.
context_section_description: Emperor Saga (嵯峨天皇, Saga-tennō, October 3, 786 – August 24, 842) was the 52nd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.  Saga's reign spanned the years from 809 through 823.
caption: Cry for noble Saichō (哭最澄上人), which was written by Emperor Saga for Saichō's death. Saga was a scholar of the Chinese classics. He was also renowned as a skillful calligrapher. Chinese calligraphic influence had been weakened after the Heian period; this text was an example of the different way it was evolving in Japan.
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