Emperor Jomei

was the 34th Emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō),  斉明天皇 (34) according to the traditional order of succession.Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, p. 48.  His reign started in 629 and ended in 641.Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 42-43; Brown, Delmer. (1979). Gukanshō, pp.263; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki. p. 129-130; Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2002). "Traditional order of Tennō" in Japan encyclopedia, pp. 962-963..  Historians consider details about the life of Emperor Jomei to be possibly legendary, but probable.Kelly, Charles F. "Kofun Culture," Japanese Archaeology. April 27, 2009; retrieved 2011-10-18. The name Jomei-tennō was created for him posthumously by later generations.

The conventionally accepted names and sequence of the early emperors were not to be confirmed as "traditional" until the reign of Emperor Kammu, who was the 50th monarch of the Yamato dynasty.Aston, William George. (1896). Nihongi, pp. 109.

 Traditional history 
Jomei was a grandson of Emperor Bidatsu and a great-grandson of Emperor Kimmei.Varley, p. 129.

 Events in Jomei's reign 
Suiko did not make it clear who was to succeed her after her death.

 628:  In the 35th year of Empress Suiko's reign, she abdicated her nephew succeeded her.  He became known as Emperor Jomei.Titsingh, p. 42; Brown, p. 264; Varley, p. 130.  The succession was confirmed in ceremonies.Varley, p. 44; compare Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō),  Ceremony of Accession (Sokui-no-Rei); retrieved 2011-12-23.
 639: In the 10 year of Jomei, former Empress Suiko died.Nussbaurm, "Suiko Tennō" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 910.

Jomei's reign lasted 13 years.

 After his death 
The actual place of Jomei's grave is known.  This emperor is traditionally venerated at a memorial Shinto shrine (misasagi) at Nara. The Imperial Household Agency designates this location as Jomei's mausoleum.  It is formally named Osaka no uchi no misasagi.Ponsonby-Fane, p. 420.

 Poetry 
Some short poems are believed to have been written by Emperor Jomei.  For example,
Countless are the mountains in Yamato,
 But perfect is the heavenly hill of Kagu;
When I climb it and survey my realm,
Over the wide plain the smoke-wreaths rise and rise,
Over the wide lake the gulls are on the wing;
A beautiful land it is, the land of Yamato!
 -- Emperor JomeiNippon Gakujutsu Shinkokai. (1969). "Climbing Kagu-yama and looking upon the land" in The Manyōshū, p. 3.

 Related pages 
 Emperor of Japan
 List of emperors of Japan
 Japanese imperial family tree

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